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Laparoscopic Placement of Abdominal Catheter

Iowa 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?

$851

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $851 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $851 from a physician practice, and about $5,012 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$851$589 to $891
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,012$851 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $631 to $15,136Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,202
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,012professional $851

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
$630.96
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,071.52
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$14,125.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$3,162.28
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,071.52
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$16,982.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,047.13
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$891.25
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
$263.03
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 5th of 51

$851

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.