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Laparoscopic Placement of Abdominal Catheter

Oklahoma 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?

$468

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $468 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $447 from a physician practice, and about $7,943 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$447$380 to $525
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,943$4,677 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,943 · 10th to 90th $562 to $14,454Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $331 to $3,162
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $7,943professional $447

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
$562.34
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$13,182.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$524.81
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$15,488.17
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$537.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$10,232.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$602.56
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
$281.84
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 29th of 51

$468

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.