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Keyhole Drainage Of A Lymph Fluid Collection

Missouri 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?

$4,832

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,832 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,981 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$851$692 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,981$2,239 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $10,471Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $617 to $4,677
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,981professional $851

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
$1,778.28
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$794.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$9,332.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,071.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$660.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$169.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$147.91
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$13,489.63
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,548.82
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
$295.12
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$501.19

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 24th of 51

$4,832

$851 physician + $3,981 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.