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Laparoscopic Placement of Abdominal Catheter

Pennsylvania 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 July 2026.

How much does Laparoscopic Placement of Abdominal Catheter cost?

$7,762

Typical facility fee. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,762 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $5,623 to $12,882.

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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,762 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $23,988
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,762

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$23,988.33
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,715.19
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$28,840.32
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16,595.87
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$16,595.87
Independence Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$28,840.32
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$23,988.33
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$21,379.62

Where Pennsylvania sits

The same service costs 23.4 times more in Connecticut than in Nevada. 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.

Pennsylvania· 5th of 49

$7,762

CT $9,550NV $407

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.