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Injection Into A Draining Sinus Tract

Kansas 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?

$166

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $166 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $141 from a physician practice, and about $1,778 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 5 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$141$112 to $195
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,778$263 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $135 to $7,413Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $89 to $204
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,778professional $141

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
$158.49
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$208.93
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$190.55

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 11th of 51

$166

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.