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Keyhole Look Inside the Abdomen With Biopsy

Iowa rates for HCPCS 49321

A camera is passed through a small cut so the surgeon can look at the organs and lining inside the abdomen, and small pieces of tissue are taken for the laboratory. It is used when a scan has shown something unexplained, or to find the cause of pain, fluid or a lump. One or more samples may be taken during the same look.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Keyhole Look Inside the Abdomen With Biopsy cost?

$1,778

Typical facility fee. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,778 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $676 to $6,761.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $562 to $12,303Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $324 to $1,698
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,571professional $776

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
$676.08
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$10,715.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$7,244.36
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$14,125.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$954.99
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$15,848.93

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 32.4 times more in Indiana than in Maryland. 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.

Iowa· 40th of 50

$1,778

IN $14,454MD $447

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.