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Dye Injection To Map A Draining Tract

Pennsylvania 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?

$2,570

Typical facility fee. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,570 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,230 to $4,266.

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 $2,570 · 10th to 90th $234 to $7,762
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,570

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
$245.47
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,762.47
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$77,624.71
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$7,244.36
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$4,466.84

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 8th of 49

$2,570

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.