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Laparoscopic Placement of Abdominal Catheter

Hawaii 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?

$468

Typical physician fee. In Hawaii, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $468 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $468 to $513.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $1,950 to $5,495Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $398 to $513
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $5,495professional $468

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
$1,949.84
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$478.63
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
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
$257.04
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$416.87

Where Hawaii 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.

Hawaii· 30th of 51

$468

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.