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Subcutaneous Extension of Abdominal Catheter to Chest

Iowa rates for HCPCS 49435

A service performed during another operation to extend an abdominal (peritoneal) catheter under the skin so that it exits at the chest wall. It is done alongside a primary procedure and charged in addition to it.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Subcutaneous Extension of Abdominal Catheter to Chest cost?

$257

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $257 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $257 from a physician practice, and about $1,349 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$257$191 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,349$316 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $200 to $5,495Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $132 to $380
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,349professional $257

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
$602.56
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$316.23
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$436.52
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,148.15
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$323.59
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,348.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$316.23
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$257.04
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 4.9 times more in Alaska than in Utah. 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.

Iowa· 4th of 51

$257

AK $468UT $95.50

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.