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Dye Injection To Map A Draining Tract

Montana 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?

$145

Typical facility fee. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $145 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $63.10 to $240.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $145 · 10th to 90th $56 to $269
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $145

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
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$229.09
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$251.19
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 45th of 49

$145

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.