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Injection Into A Draining Sinus Tract

Alaska rates for HCPCS 20500

Injection of medication directly into an abnormal narrow channel that runs from an internal area, such as a chronic infection or abscess, out through the skin surface. This is done to help treat the underlying condition, such as a persistent infection.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Injection Into A Draining Sinus Tract cost?

$269

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $269 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $269 from a physician practice, and about $234 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 6 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$269$105 to $457
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$234$158 to $447

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $234 · 10th to 90th $107 to $832Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $83 to $575
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $234professional $269

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
$288.40
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$363.08
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$588.84
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$616.60
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$602.56
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$588.84
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$602.56

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.7 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.

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$269

CA $490KY $105

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.