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Exchange Of A Drain Tube In An Abscess Or Cyst

Alaska rates for HCPCS 49423

An existing drainage tube sitting in an abscess or a cyst is swapped for a new one over a guidewire, with X-ray imaging used to hold the track and confirm the replacement sits correctly. It is done when the tube blocks, cracks or starts to slip out, or when a long-standing drain is due for routine replacement. A working tube is left in place at the end, so this is a swap rather than a removal, and the collection can be anywhere in the body.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Exchange Of A Drain Tube In An Abscess Or Cyst cost?

$1,099

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,099 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $562 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$537$178 to $1,380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$562$110 to $891

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $562 · 10th to 90th $81 to $1,380Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $69 to $2,344
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $562professional $537

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
$2,511.89
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$977.24
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,318.26
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,951.21
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,019.95
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,318.26
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,412.54

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 6.6 times more in Indiana 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

Alaska· 45th of 50

$1,099

$537 physician + $562 facility

IN $6,365MD $968

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.