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Laparoscopic Placement of Abdominal Catheter

Maine 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?

$501

Typical physician fee. In Maine, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $501 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $447 to $631.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $389 to $759
$500$1Kprofessional $501

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$707.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$794.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$467.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$117.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$851.14
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$758.58
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$758.58
4 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
$331.13
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 24th of 51

$501

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.