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Laparoscopic Placement of Abdominal Catheter

Connecticut 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?

$646

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $646 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $646 from a physician practice, and about $9,550 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$646$513 to $891
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9,550$7,413 to $15,136

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,550 · 10th to 90th $5,623 to $17,378Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $389 to $1,023
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $9,550professional $646

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
$4,570.88
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$15,848.93
Typical High
$18,620.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,023.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$645.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$162.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$851.14
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$645.65
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$16,218.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,348.96
2 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
$288.40
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 12th of 51

$646

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.