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Tying Off An Abdominal Fluid Shunt

Michigan rates for HCPCS 49428

Ties shut a tube that was previously placed to carry fluid from the abdomen into a vein, so that nothing flows through it any more. The tube itself stays where it is; only the flow is stopped.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Tying Off An Abdominal Fluid Shunt cost?

$479

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $479 from a physician practice, and about $4,898 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$479$427 to $562
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,898$708 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $562 to $6,310Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $389 to $631
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $479

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,071.52
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$676.08
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$758.58

Where Michigan sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in California than in Kentucky. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Michigan· 41st of 51

$479

CA $1,122KY $427

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.