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Laparoscopic Placement of Abdominal Catheter

Michigan 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?

$513

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $513 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $513 from a physician practice, and about $6,166 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$513$457 to $562
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,166$513 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $479 to $9,772Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $355 to $589
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,166professional $513

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
$501.19
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$10,471.29
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$794.33
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$7,413.10
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$575.44
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$616.60

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 23rd of 51

$513

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.