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Tying Off An Abdominal Fluid Shunt

Pennsylvania 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?

$468

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $468 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $457 from a physician practice, and about $4,786 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 9 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$457$427 to $513
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,786$1,413 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $537 to $8,511Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $389 to $692
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,786professional $457

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
$537.03
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$630.96
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20,417.38
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$36,307.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$891.25
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$831.76
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$870.96
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,202.26
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$954.99
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$426.58
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$831.76

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 42nd of 51

$468

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.