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Image-Guided Drainage of a Collection in an Organ

Montana rates for HCPCS 49405

A drainage tube is placed through the skin into a collection of pus, blood, or other fluid inside an organ such as the liver, kidney, spleen, or lung. Ultrasound or a scan guides the needle and tube into the right spot. The tube is normally left in for a period so the collection can drain away.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Image-Guided Drainage of a Collection in an Organ cost?

$1,445

Typical total for the visit. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,445 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $977 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$468$295 to $1,380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$977$288 to $1,445

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $977 · 10th to 90th $282 to $1,549Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $200 to $1,479
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $977professional $468

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,630.27
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,380.38
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,548.82
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,513.56
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,388.44
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,584.89
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$263.03

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 5.2 times more in Colorado than in Maryland. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Montana· 46th of 51

$1,445

$468 physician + $977 facility

CO $5,090MD $977

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.