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Exchange Of A Drain Tube In An Abscess Or Cyst

Kansas 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?

$2,430

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,430 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,905 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$525$83.18 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,905$933 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $117 to $6,457Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $71 to $955
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,905professional $525

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
$724.44
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,000.00
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$72.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,290.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$954.99
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$870.96

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 19th of 50

$2,430

$525 physician + $1,905 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.