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Placement of a Tunneled Abdominal Catheter

Pennsylvania rates for HCPCS 49418

In this procedure, a doctor places a flexible tube through the skin into the abdominal cavity, tunneling it under the skin for stability, so fluids like dialysis solution or chemotherapy medication can be delivered directly into that space. Imaging guidance is used throughout to help place the catheter safely and confirm it is positioned correctly.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Placement of a Tunneled Abdominal Catheter cost?

$2,927

Typical total for the visit. In Pennsylvania, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,927 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $977 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 11 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$977$251 to $1,585
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$1,259 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $589 to $7,244Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $200 to $2,455
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,950professional $977

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
$213.80
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$831.76
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$302.00
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,778.28
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,041.74
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,715.35
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,778.28
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$16,595.87
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$7,244.36
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,096.48
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$831.76
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,995.26
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$9,549.93
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,698.24

Where Pennsylvania sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Pennsylvania· 37th of 51

$2,927

$977 physician + $1,950 facility

CO $7,057MT $2,039

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.