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Keyhole Drainage Of A Lymph Fluid Collection

Georgia 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?

$3,842

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,842 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,951 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$891$724 to $1,288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,951$1,288 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $813 to $8,710Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $603 to $1,479
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,951professional $891

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
$1,202.26
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$15,488.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$954.99
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$8,912.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,445.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,023.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$269.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$229.09
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,778.28
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,479.11
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,041.74
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
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$575.44

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 37th of 51

$3,842

$891 physician + $2,951 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.