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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 October 2026.

How much does Laparoscopic Placement of Abdominal Catheter cost?

$407

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $407 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $398 from a physician practice, and about $4,365 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$398$355 to $490
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,365$1,738 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $513 to $8,318Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $339 to $3,162
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $398

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
$977.24
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$269.15
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$562.34
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$8,912.51
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$512.86

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 43rd of 51

$407

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.