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Keyhole Drainage Of A Lymph Fluid Collection

Hawaii 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?

$4,380

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,380 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,548 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$832$776 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,548$2,818 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $4,467Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $759 to $933
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,548professional $832

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. 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
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,466.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
HMSA
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,000.00
HMSA
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$501.19
HMSA
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$169.82
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$794.33
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
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
$281.84
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$691.83

Where Hawaii 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

Hawaii· 31st of 51

$4,380

$832 physician + $3,548 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.