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Keyhole Drainage Of A Lymph Fluid Collection

Maine 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?

$3,344

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,344 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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$741 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$2,344 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $5,754Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $631 to $1,230
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,512professional $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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,230.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$776.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$194.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,412.54
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,754.40
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,230.27
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
12 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
$323.59
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03

Where Maine 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

Maine· 45th of 51

$3,344

$832 physician + $2,512 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.