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Procedure price report · Laparoscopy

Laparoscopy with draining of a cyst or fluid cavity

CPT 49322the billing code this page is about

A camera is inserted through small abdominal incisions and fluid is drawn out of one or more cysts or cavities, such as an ovarian cyst.

Hospitals typically charge $1,563 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 876 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,923. Most fall between $672 and $8,510 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
876
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 876 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$450$779$1,563$7,244$15,131

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 34× what the cheapest tenth charges ($450 vs $15,131).

How the prices are spread

$300 – $457: 45 hospitals$300$457 – $696: 100 hospitals$696 – $1,059: 152 hospitals$696$1,059 – $1,613: 102 hospitals$1,613 – $2,455: 52 hospitals$1,613$2,455 – $3,739: 38 hospitals$3,739 – $5,693: 58 hospitals$3,739$5,693 – $8,669: 113 hospitals$8,669 – $13,199: 75 hospitals$8,669$13,199 – $20,098: 55 hospitals$13,199median $1,563price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (790 of 876 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$300$45745
$457$696100
$696$1,059152
$1,059$1,613102
$1,613$2,45552
$2,455$3,73938
$3,739$5,69358
$5,693$8,669113
$8,669$13,19975
$13,199$20,09855

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$6,176
Median cash price$1,563
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.25×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,563.

Alaska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $778 across 11 hospitalsME$778Vermont: median $720 across 11 hospitalsVT$720New Hampshire: median $469 across 10 hospitalsNH$469Washington: median $892 across 23 hospitalsWA$892Idaho: median $15,131 across 12 hospitalsID$15,131Montana: median $555 across 10 hospitalsMT$555North Dakota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,277 across 38 hospitalsMN$1,277Illinois: median $1,811 across 33 hospitalsIL$1,811Wisconsin: median $1,752 across 37 hospitalsWI$1,752Michigan: median $784 across 40 hospitalsMI$784New York: median $1,406 across 51 hospitalsNY$1,406Massachusetts: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $812 across 22 hospitalsOR$812Nevada: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $919 across 46 hospitalsIA$919Indiana: median $953 across 22 hospitalsIN$953Ohio: median $11,333 across 40 hospitalsOH$11,333Pennsylvania: median $785 across 33 hospitalsPA$785New Jersey: median $6,376 across 26 hospitalsNJ$6,376Connecticut: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $7,244 across 57 hospitalsCA$7,244Utah: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $794 across 13 hospitalsCO$794Nebraska: median $921 across 19 hospitalsNE$921Missouri: median $1,172 across 26 hospitalsMO$1,172Kentucky: median $599 across 12 hospitalsKY$599West Virginia: median $1,058 across 21 hospitalsWV$1,058Virginia: median $10,492 across 13 hospitalsVA$10,492Maryland: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $764 across 25 hospitalsKS$764Arkansas: median $3,731 across 12 hospitalsAR$3,731Tennessee: median $5,606 across 13 hospitalsTN$5,606North Carolina: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $789 across 18 hospitalsOK$789Louisiana: median $3,973 across 12 hospitalsLA$3,973Mississippi: median $10,668 across 10 hospitalsMS$10,668Alabama: median $6,928 across 13 hospitalsAL$6,928Georgia: median $8,209 across 12 hospitalsGA$8,209Hawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $5,574 across 38 hospitalsTX$5,574Florida: median $3,403 across 17 hospitalsFL$3,403
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,563. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Idaho ID12$15,131+868%$4,607 – $15,131
Ohio OH40$11,333+625%$850 – $17,445
Mississippi MS10$10,668+583%$944 – $14,875
Virginia VA13$10,492+571%$251 – $17,812
Georgia GA12$8,209+425%$2,433 – $8,209
California CA57$7,244+364%$1,077 – $9,554
Alabama AL13$6,928+343%$2,783 – $15,758
New Jersey NJ26$6,376+308%$4,881 – $6,871
Tennessee TN13$5,606+259%$349 – $7,559
Texas TX38$5,574+257%$2,315 – $9,495
Louisiana LA12$3,973+154%$1,863 – $12,342
Arkansas AR12$3,731+139%$1,809 – $9,599
Florida FL17$3,403+118%$594 – $15,294
Illinois IL33$1,811+16%$599 – $21,773
Wisconsin WI37$1,752+12%$1,069 – $4,492
New York NY51$1,406−10%$754 – $6,904
Minnesota MN38$1,277−18%$774 – $3,014
Missouri MO26$1,172−25%$566 – $9,821
West Virginia WV21$1,058−32%$414 – $4,585
Indiana IN22$953−39%$599 – $2,257
Nebraska NE19$921−41%$800 – $2,107
Iowa IA46$919−41%$664 – $1,374
Washington WA23$892−43%$690 – $5,851
Oregon OR22$812−48%$690 – $1,074
Colorado CO13$794−49%$519 – $914
Oklahoma OK18$789−50%$789 – $11,895
Pennsylvania PA33$785−50%$188 – $9,864
Michigan MI40$784−50%$715 – $8,313
Maine ME11$778−50%$586 – $1,136
Kansas KS25$764−51%$417 – $1,526
Vermont VT11$720−54%$403 – $1,503
Kentucky KY12$599−62%$470 – $1,258
Montana MT10$555−64%$160 – $1,133
New Hampshire NH10$469−70%$380 – $1,469
Nevada NV9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $1,563.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care597$4,485$735 – $10,492
Children’s13fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access264$1,012$599 – $2,356
Ownership
For-profit88$8,064$1,258 – $17,810
Government176$1,118$676 – $5,469
Non-profit610$1,521$648 – $8,209
System affiliation
Part of a system643$2,356$721 – $9,554
Independent233$1,074$631 – $4,781

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,710
Median cash price$1,563
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

436 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,054 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,008; most fall between $536 and $7,244.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 436 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$259$599$1,054$4,728$9,554

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 37× what the cheapest tenth charges ($259 vs $9,554).

Of the 487 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 436 gave a usable cash price; 21 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 30 a list price only.

How complete is this

876 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (22%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 977 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted876
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here58
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded7
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded35
Hospitals that filed this code977

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Laparoscopy family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Laps Surg W/Aspir Cavity/Cyst Single/Multiple.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Laparoscopy with draining of a cyst or fluid cavity (CPT 49322) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-49322-laparoscopy-with-draining-of-a-cyst-or-fluid-cavity