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Injection Into A Draining Sinus Tract

Arkansas 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 October 2026.

How much does Injection Into A Draining Sinus Tract cost?

$132

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $132 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $126 from a physician practice, and about $1,072 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$126$102 to $166
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,072$110 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $78 to $1,950Professionalmedian $126 · 10th to 90th $95 to $174
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,072professional $126

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
$102.33
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$208.93
6 more rates 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
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$12.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$87.10

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 4.0 times more in Alaska than in Florida. 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.

Arkansas· 32nd of 51

$132

AK $363FL $91.20

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.