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Marker Placement During Keyhole Abdominal Surgery

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 49327

During a minimally invasive operation in the abdomen or pelvis, the surgeon places one or more tiny markers in or beside a tumor so that radiation treatment given later can be aimed precisely at it. The markers show up clearly on imaging and act as fixed reference points, letting the radiation team track the target as the body shifts and breathes. It is carried out during, and billed in addition to, the main procedure.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Marker Placement During Keyhole Abdominal Surgery cost?

$191

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $155 from a physician practice, and about $1,288 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$155$129 to $204
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,288$676 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $195 to $5,370Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $120 to $263
$0.1$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,288professional $155

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
$478.63
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$13,803.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$213.80
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$257.04

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 3.9 times more in California than in Kentucky. 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.

Louisiana· 13th of 51

$191

CA $513KY $132

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.