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Laparoscopic Placement of Abdominal Catheter

Alabama 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?

$479

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $427 from a physician practice, and about $5,370 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$427$380 to $776
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,370$4,898 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $1,738 to $5,495Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $339 to $776
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,370professional $427

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
$776.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$5,495.41
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
32 · Mandated service
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$676.08

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 27th of 51

$479

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.