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Tying Off An Abdominal Fluid Shunt

North Carolina 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?

$550

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $550 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $550 from a physician practice, and about $562 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 7 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$550$427 to $891
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$562$437 to $813

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $562 · 10th to 90th $398 to $1,738Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $407 to $1,230
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $562professional $550

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
$426.58
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$35,481.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,071.52
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$831.76
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$1,148.15
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$851.14
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$2,951.21
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,715.35

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 24th of 51

$550

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.