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Injection Into A Draining Sinus Tract

Nebraska 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?

$195

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $178 from a physician practice, and about $3,802 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$178$115 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,802$1,905 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $141 to $13,490Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $83 to $490
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,802professional $178

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
$2,187.76
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$9,120.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$316.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$1,445.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$316.23
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$295.12

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 5th of 51

$195

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.