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Keyhole Drainage Of A Lymph Fluid Collection

Colorado 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?

$11,084

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,084 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 to the doctor who performs it, and $10,233 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$851$724 to $1,072
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$10,233$4,365 to $12,882

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,233 · 10th to 90th $2,188 to $17,783Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $646 to $1,288
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $10,233professional $851

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
$1,778.28
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$933.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$18,620.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,174.90
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,513.56
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,318.26
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$5,011.87
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,288.25
9 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
$309.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$524.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$616.60
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$169.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$138.04

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 1st of 51

$11,084

$851 physician + $10,233 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.