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Laparoscopic Placement of Abdominal Catheter

Nebraska 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?

$871

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $871 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $871 from a physician practice, and about $7,586 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$871$692 to $955
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,586$6,310 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,586 · 10th to 90th $741 to $13,183Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $501 to $3,162
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,586professional $871

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
$741.31
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$891.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$17,782.79
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$891.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$3,162.28
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,148.15
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,000.00
3 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
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$288.40
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 3rd of 51

$871

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.