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Laparoscopic Placement of Abdominal Catheter

Virginia 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?

$417

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $417 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $417 from a physician practice, and about $8,128 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$417$380 to $468
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8,128$741 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,128 · 10th to 90th $457 to $17,378Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $355 to $537
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,128professional $417

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
$537.03
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$14,791.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$630.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$12,589.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$512.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$323.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$81.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$72.44
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$575.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$630.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$707.95
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$524.81
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$12,589.25
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$26,915.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$645.65
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
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$316.23

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 39th of 51

$417

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.