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Laparoscopic Placement of Abdominal Catheter

Louisiana 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?

$575

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $575 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $562 from a physician practice, and about $5,623 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$562$427 to $631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,623$3,890 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $10,965Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $372 to $661
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,623professional $562

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
$602.56
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,466.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$446.68
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$12,022.64
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$707.95

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 18th of 51

$575

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.