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Keyhole Drainage Of A Lymph Fluid Collection

Kentucky 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?

$3,247

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,247 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 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$617$603 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$1,047 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $692 to $8,511Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $513 to $891
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,630professional $617

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
$616.60
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$794.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$9,332.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$812.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$512.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$128.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$112.20
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$954.99
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$3,311.31
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,000.00
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
$309.03
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$549.54

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 47th of 51

$3,247

$617 physician + $2,630 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.