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Laparoscopic Placement of Abdominal Catheter

Kentucky 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?

$380

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $380 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $380 from a physician practice, and about $3,311 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$380$339 to $447
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,311$851 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $372 to $9,333Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $316 to $537
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,311professional $380

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
$302.00
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$3,235.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$478.63
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$478.63
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$9,332.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$446.68
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$281.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$72.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$63.10
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$575.44
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,862.09
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$478.63
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
$281.84
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$331.13

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 45th of 51

$380

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.