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Laparoscopic Placement of Abdominal Catheter

Kansas 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?

$550

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $550 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $550 from a physician practice, and about $6,918 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$550$447 to $631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,918$5,888 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $1,820 to $8,128Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $407 to $3,162
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,918professional $550

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
$1,778.28
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$436.52
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$7,244.36
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$707.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$11,220.18
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$630.96

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 20th of 51

$550

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.