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Keyhole Drainage Of A Lymph Fluid Collection

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 49323

Uses a camera and instruments passed through small abdominal incisions to open a lymphocele, a pocket of lymph fluid that has collected after earlier surgery, so that its contents drain into the abdominal cavity where the body reabsorbs them. Creating a permanent opening stops the pocket refilling.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Keyhole Drainage Of A Lymph Fluid Collection cost?

$4,560

Typical total for the visit. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,560 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$759$676 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$1,738 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $7,244Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $603 to $955
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,802professional $759

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,244.36
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,202.26
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 5.4 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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

Arkansas· 28th of 51

$4,560

$759 physician + $3,802 facility

CO $11,084MT $2,070

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.