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Keyhole Drainage Of A Lymph Fluid Collection

Maryland 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?

$708

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $708 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $631 to $741.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $661 to $5,495Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $513 to $891
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,884professional $676

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$741.31
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,011.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,000.00
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,202.26
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$812.83
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
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$524.81

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 5.8 times more in Alaska than in Utah. 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.

Maryland· 35th of 51

$708

AK $2,570UT $447

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.