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Exchange Of A Drain Tube In An Abscess Or Cyst

Georgia 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?

$3,547

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,547 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $457 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$457$87.10 to $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$1,202 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $631 to $6,918Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $69 to $1,072
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $457

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
$630.96
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,071.52
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,888.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$1,096.48
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$1,071.52
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$831.76
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 10th of 50

$3,547

$457 physician + $3,090 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.