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Injection Into A Draining Sinus Tract

North Dakota 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?

$186

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $186 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $195 from a physician practice, and about $115 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$195$115 to $245
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$115$89.13 to $155

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $115 · 10th to 90th $87 to $2,042Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $89 to $302
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $115professional $195

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
$87.10
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$346.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$331.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$269.15

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 7th of 51

$186

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.