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Removal of a Foreign Body From the Abdomen

California rates for HCPCS 49402

Opens the abdomen to find and remove an object lying loose inside the abdominal cavity — for example an item retained after an earlier operation, or a fragment driven in by an injury. The cavity is inspected, the object is retrieved, and any contamination is washed out. It is done to prevent or treat the infection, pain, and scarring a retained object causes.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal of a Foreign Body From the Abdomen cost?

$4,169

Typical facility fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,169 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,630 to $6,310.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $13,490Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $708 to $1,820
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,467professional $871

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
$2,344.23
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$18,197.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$12,882.50
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$8,912.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$4,365.16
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,174.90
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,862.09
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$28,840.32
Typical High
$28,840.32
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$20,417.38

Where California sits

The same service costs 16.2 times more in Indiana than in Maine. 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.

California· 11th of 50

$4,169

IN $10,000ME $617

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.