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Tying Off An Abdominal Fluid Shunt

Nebraska 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?

$562

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $562 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $513 from a physician practice, and about $7,244 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$513$457 to $794
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,244$708 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,244 · 10th to 90th $479 to $14,454Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $380 to $1,230
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,244professional $513

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
$6,025.60
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$16,218.10
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$3,090.30
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,348.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 19th of 51

$562

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.