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Laparoscopic Placement of Abdominal Catheter

Florida 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?

$339

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $339 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $331 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$331$288 to $407
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10,715$6,310 to $15,849

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,715 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $22,387Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $251 to $617
$100$1K$10Kfacility $10,715professional $331

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
$602.56
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$13,182.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$489.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$426.58
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$14,791.08
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$53,703.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$562.34
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$23,442.29
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$457.09
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$575.44
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
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
$245.47
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$295.12
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
GC · Resident with teaching physician
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$436.52

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 49th of 51

$339

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.