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Using the Abdominal Fat Apron as a Patch

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 49905

Moves the omentum - the fatty apron of tissue that hangs over the intestines - and lays it over a repair or a raw area inside the abdomen while keeping its own blood supply attached. The well-supplied tissue brings blood flow to the area, helps seal it, and helps fight infection. It is billed in addition to the main procedure.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Using the Abdominal Fat Apron as a Patch cost?

$4,542

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,542 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,074 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 53 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$468$331 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,074$708 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $407 to $12,882Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,622
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,074professional $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
$416.87
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$12,022.64
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$14,454.40

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 7.8 times more in Nebraska than in South Carolina. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

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NE $8,380SC $1,074

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.