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Laparoscopic Placement of Abdominal Catheter

Missouri 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?

$457

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $457 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $457 from a physician practice, and about $4,677 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$457$407 to $589
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,677$2,818 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $11,220Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $372 to $3,162
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,677professional $457

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
$616.60
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$562.34
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$10,471.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$630.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$398.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$102.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$22,908.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$776.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$933.25
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
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$302.00

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 33rd of 51

$457

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.