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Tying Off An Abdominal Fluid Shunt

New Jersey 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?

$490

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $490 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $468 from a physician practice, and about $6,457 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 5 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$468$417 to $631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,457$4,467 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $11,749Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $372 to $977
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,457professional $468

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
$741.31
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$12,302.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,071.52
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$870.96
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$223.87
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$954.99

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 37th of 51

$490

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.