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Keyhole Drainage Of A Lymph Fluid Collection

North Dakota 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?

$4,021

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,021 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,202 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,202$832 to $1,413
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$631 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $631 to $4,677Professionalmedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $631 to $1,622
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,818professional $1,202

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,621.81
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,570.88
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,258.93
3 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
$316.23
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$112.20

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 35th of 51

$4,021

$1,202 physician + $2,818 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.