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Laparoscopic Placement of Abdominal Catheter

Oregon 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?

$708

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $708 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $692 from a physician practice, and about $776 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$692$562 to $776
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$776$708 to $12,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $575 to $19,953Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $363 to $1,047
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $776professional $692

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
$707.95
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$18,620.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,047.13
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$933.25
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$18,620.87
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,096.48
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$776.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$37,153.52
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,148.15
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14,454.40
Median
$19,952.62
Typical High
$22,908.68
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15,135.61
Median
$22,908.68
Typical High
$25,703.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,202.26
4 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
$309.03
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 10th of 51

$708

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.