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Injection Into A Draining Sinus Tract

Oklahoma 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?

$141

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $141 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $112 from a physician practice, and about $2,951 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$112$91.20 to $135
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,951$1,000 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $145 to $7,079Professionalmedian $112 · 10th to 90th $83 to $155
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,951professional $112

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
$125.89
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,317.64
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$194.98
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$3,090.30
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$147.91

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 24th of 51

$141

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.