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Laparoscopic Placement of Abdominal Catheter

Alaska rates for HCPCS 49324

Keyhole (laparoscopic) surgery to place a catheter into the peritoneal cavity — the space inside the abdomen — with the tube tunneled under the skin. This service is for placing a new catheter; revising an existing one is a separate service.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Laparoscopic Placement of Abdominal Catheter cost?

$1,148

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,096 from a physician practice, and about $7,079 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,096$537 to $1,585
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,079$2,042 to $14,125

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,079 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $21,878Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $372 to $2,042
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $7,079professional $1,096

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
$2,041.74
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$16,982.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,148.15
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$21,877.62
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,137.96
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$35,481.34
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.2 times more in Wyoming than in Utah. 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.

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$1,148

WY $1,202UT $288

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.