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Keyhole Drainage Of A Lymph Fluid Collection

Minnesota 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?

$3,550

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,550 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,259 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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$1,259$977 to $1,738
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$1,072 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $589 to $10,233Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $617 to $2,399
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,291professional $1,259

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
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$21,877.62
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,621.81
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,454.71
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,511.89
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,238.72
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,772.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,344.23
7 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$74.13
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 41st of 51

$3,550

$1,259 physician + $2,291 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.