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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 July 2026.

How much does Laparoscopic Placement of Abdominal Catheter cost?

$501

Typical facility fee. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $501 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $427 to $724.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $389 to $6,026Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $347 to $692
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $501professional $479

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
$537.03
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$10,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,202.26
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$691.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$645.65
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$794.33
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$28,840.32

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 47th of 49

$501

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.