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Keyhole Drainage Of A Lymph Fluid Collection

Ohio 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?

$3,609

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,609 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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 8 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 $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$1,445 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $794 to $9,550Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $91 to $871
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $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
$1,737.80
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,762.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$851.14
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$537.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$138.04
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,897.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,071.52
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,570.88
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,071.52
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$812.83
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,862.09
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,047.13
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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$588.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$125.89

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 39th of 51

$3,609

$589 physician + $3,020 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.