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Keyhole Drainage Of A Lymph Fluid Collection

New York 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?

$5,837

Typical total for the visit. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,837 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,248 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$589$501 to $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,248$2,399 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $12,303Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $468 to $933
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,248professional $589

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
$1,819.70
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$12,882.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$933.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$549.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$147.91
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$125.89
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$12,302.69
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$10,232.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,230.27
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,511.89
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,258.93
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$851.14
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$7,079.46
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$954.99
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,398.83
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$851.14
15 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
$331.13
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$776.25
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$85.11
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$85.11
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$691.83
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$602.56
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$776.25
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$125.89
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$125.89
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$691.83

Where New York 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

New York· 15th of 51

$5,837

$589 physician + $5,248 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.