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Injection Into A Draining Sinus Tract

Minnesota 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?

$257

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $257 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $251 from a physician practice, and about $525 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$251$178 to $331
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$525$324 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $126 to $4,467Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $123 to $457
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $525professional $251

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
$89.13
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$6,760.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$537.03
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$977.24
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$512.86
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$398.11

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 3rd of 51

$257

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.