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Keyhole Drainage Of A Lymph Fluid Collection

Utah 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?

$5,817

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,817 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,370 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$447$372 to $537
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,370$3,467 to $10,471

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $851 to $13,804Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $55 to $776
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $447

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
$851.14
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,071.52
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$562.34
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,120.11
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$17,378.01
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,071.52
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,258.93
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,174.90
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
$323.59
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56

Where Utah 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

Utah· 16th of 51

$5,817

$447 physician + $5,370 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.