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Laparoscopic Placement of Abdominal Catheter

Indiana 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?

$447

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $447 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $447 from a physician practice, and about $14,125 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$447$372 to $525
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14,125$8,318 to $22,909

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14,125 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $28,840Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $331 to $617
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $14,125professional $447

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
$380.19
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$524.81
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$20,417.38
Typical High
$30,199.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$97.72
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$741.31
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,187.76
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$616.60
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
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$354.81

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 34th of 51

$447

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.