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Laparoscopic Placement of Abdominal Catheter

Arizona 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 July 2026.

How much does Laparoscopic Placement of Abdominal Catheter cost?

$2,042

Typical facility fee. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,042 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $457 to $7,244.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $380 to $11,482
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,042

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$12,302.69
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,235.94
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$870.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$20,892.96

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 23.4 times more in Connecticut than in Nevada. 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.

Arizona· 22nd of 49

$2,042

CT $9,550NV $407

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.