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Tying Off An Abdominal Fluid Shunt

Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island, 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 $2,399 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 4 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$468 to $550
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,399$1,820 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $708 to $5,495Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $398 to $692
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,399professional $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
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$933.25

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 25th 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.