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Laparoscopic Placement of Abdominal Catheter

New Mexico 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?

$537

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $537 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $537 from a physician practice, and about $12,023 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$537$447 to $575
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12,023$3,890 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12,023 · 10th to 90th $631 to $20,417Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $309 to $661
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $12,023professional $537

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
$407.38
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$21,379.62
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$660.69
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$562.34
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$5,754.40
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$26,302.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$776.25
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
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38

Where New Mexico 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.

New Mexico· 21st of 51

$537

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.