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Injection Into A Draining Sinus Tract

Florida 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?

$91.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $91.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $87.10 from a physician practice, and about $240 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$87.10$72.44 to $107
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$240$91.20 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $240 · 10th to 90th $66 to $6,166Professionalmedian $87 · 10th to 90th $65 to $141
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $240professional $87

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
$354.81
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$114.82
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$11,748.98
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$151.36
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$6,309.57
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$204.17
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$169.82
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
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
$36.31
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$16.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$11.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$79.43

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 51st of 51

$91.20

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.