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Keyhole Look Inside the Abdomen With Biopsy

Pennsylvania 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?

$5,495

Typical facility fee. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,495 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,311 to $8,318.

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 11 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $10,965
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,495

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
$977.24
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$9,772.37
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$16,595.87
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$57,543.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$8,128.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$5,248.07
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$26,915.35
Independence Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$16,595.87
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$12,022.64
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$17,782.79

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 17th of 50

$5,495

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.