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Keyhole Drainage Of A Lymph Fluid Collection

North Carolina 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?

$5,412

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,412 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,047 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,365 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$1,047$813 to $1,479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,365$2,042 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $724 to $10,000Professionalmedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $661 to $1,820
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,365professional $1,047

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
$1,584.89
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$8,317.64
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$7,244.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$6,165.95
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$954.99
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,202.26
11 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
$309.03
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$524.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$489.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$204.17
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$144.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$144.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$144.54

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 20th of 51

$5,412

$1,047 physician + $4,365 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.