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Laparoscopic Placement of Abdominal Catheter

Washington 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?

$933

Typical facility fee. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $933 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $661 to $8,913.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $501 to $22,387
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $933

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
$724.44
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$26,915.35
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,715.19
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$10,715.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$6,760.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$7,943.28
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$758.58
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,715.19
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$26,302.68

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 31st of 49

$933

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.