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Laparoscopic Placement of Abdominal Catheter

Georgia 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?

$617

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $617 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $617 from a physician practice, and about $6,457 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$617$479 to $794
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,457$3,090 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $11,749Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $389 to $1,023
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,457professional $617

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
$426.58
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$15,488.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,023.29
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$724.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$58.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$9,772.37
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$954.99
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$602.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$158.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$138.04
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$32,359.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,202.26
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,000.00
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$12,589.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,258.93
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
$288.40
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$331.13

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 14th of 51

$617

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.