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Laparoscopic Placement of Abdominal Catheter

Texas 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?

$759

Typical facility fee. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $759 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $457 to $4,898.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $759 · 10th to 90th $380 to $10,715
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $759

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
$1,096.48
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$13,489.63
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$15,488.17
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$6,760.83
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$16,982.44
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$870.96
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$15,488.17

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 35th of 49

$759

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.