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Dye Injection To Map A Draining Tract

Washington 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?

$200

Typical facility fee. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $81.28 to $324.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $200 · 10th to 90th $54 to $4,677
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $200

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
$66.07
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$10,232.93
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$316.23
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$275.42
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$5,754.40

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 37th of 49

$200

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.