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Laparoscopic Placement of Abdominal Catheter

North Carolina 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?

$646

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $646 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $646 from a physician practice, and about $4,467 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$646$525 to $832
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,467$3,162 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $380 to $16,596Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $398 to $1,047
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,467professional $646

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
$380.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$11,220.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$562.34
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$794.33
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$912.01
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,466.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$537.03
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$23,988.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$724.44
7 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
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$316.23
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$371.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$125.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$87.10
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$87.10
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$87.10

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 11th of 51

$646

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.