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Keyhole Drainage Of A Lymph Fluid Collection

California 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 July 2026.

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

$8,913

Typical facility fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,913 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $4,467 to $13,804.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,772 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $17,783Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $513 to $1,413
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $9,772professional $676

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
$3,019.95
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$19,054.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$17,782.79
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$16,595.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$13,489.63
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$912.01
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,412.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$117.49
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$16,982.44
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$25,118.86

Where California sits

The same service costs 26.3 times more in Indiana than in North Dakota. 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.

California· 5th of 50

$8,913

IN $16,596ND $631

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.