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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 October 2026.

How much does Injection Into A Draining Sinus Tract cost?

$166

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $166 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $155 from a physician practice, and about $282 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$155$123 to $204
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$282$263 to $1,047

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $282 · 10th to 90th $93 to $2,754Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $102 to $676
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $282professional $155

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
$954.99
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$208.93
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$2,630.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$181.97
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
$45.71
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$134.90

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 13th of 51

$166

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.