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Dye Injection To Map A Draining Tract

California rates for HCPCS 20501

Injects contrast dye into an abnormal tunnel or draining tract in the tissues so that X-ray pictures show how deep it runs and what it connects to. Knowing the path and its depth guides how the tract should be treated. The injection itself takes only a few minutes.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Dye Injection To Map A Draining Tract cost?

$3,467

Typical facility fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,467 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $871 to $5,495.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $162 to $12,882Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $30 to $251
$100$1K$10Kfacility $3,802professional $132

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
$1,584.89
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$16,982.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$12,882.50
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$269.15
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$239.88
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$2,951.21
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$6,760.83

Where California sits

The same service costs 34.7 times more in New Jersey than in West Virginia. 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.

California· 3rd of 49

$3,467

NJ $4,677WV $135

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.