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Exchange Of A Drain Tube In An Abscess Or Cyst

Idaho 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?

$1,470

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,470 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $933 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$537$93.33 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$933$195 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $98 to $4,074Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $71 to $1,096
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $933professional $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
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,897.79
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$1,023.29
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,258.93
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,096.48
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$501.19
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,165.95
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$1,202.26
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,168.69
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 38th of 50

$1,470

$537 physician + $933 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.