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Laparoscopic Placement of Abdominal Catheter

Utah 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?

$288

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $288 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$288$251 to $339
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,943$3,162 to $12,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,943 · 10th to 90th $525 to $14,125Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $219 to $479
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $7,943professional $288

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
$524.81
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$645.65
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$354.81
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,120.11
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$17,378.01
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$645.65
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,096.48
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$758.58
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$724.44
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
$295.12
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 51st of 51

$288

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.