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Laparoscopic Placement of Abdominal Catheter

Delaware 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?

$372

Typical negotiated rate. In Delaware, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $372 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $372 from a physician practice, and about $2,512 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$372$355 to $398
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,512$646 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $389 to $14,791Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $331 to $513
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $372

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$512.86
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$501.19
1 more rate 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
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
GC · Resident with teaching physician
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65

Where Delaware 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.

Delaware· 47th of 51

$372

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.