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Laparoscopic Placement of Abdominal Catheter

Arkansas 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?

$468

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $468 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $468 from a physician practice, and about $5,248 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$468$407 to $537
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,248$3,802 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $8,318Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $363 to $589
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,248professional $468

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
$467.74
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,090.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$8,317.64
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$707.95
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$724.44
4 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
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 31st of 51

$468

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.