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Laparoscopic Placement of Abdominal Catheter

Minnesota 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?

$776

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $776 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $759 from a physician practice, and about $6,457 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$759$603 to $1,047
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,457$776 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $347 to $11,220Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $355 to $1,413
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,457professional $759

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
$346.74
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$21,877.62
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,445.44
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,818.38
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,318.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$11,748.98
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,412.54
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
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$776.25

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 7th of 51

$776

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.