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Laparoscopic Placement of Abdominal Catheter

Colorado 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?

$537

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $537 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $513 from a physician practice, and about $10,715 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$513$437 to $646
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10,715$8,318 to $15,488

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,715 · 10th to 90th $3,236 to $18,621Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $389 to $776
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $10,715professional $513

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
$489.78
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$562.34
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$18,620.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$691.83
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$575.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$794.33
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$758.58
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$21,379.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$776.25
5 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
$281.84
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$323.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$398.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$102.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$83.18

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 22nd of 51

$537

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.