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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 October 2026.

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

$2,554

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,554 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$692$97.72 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$891 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $447 to $3,090Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $81 to $2,138
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,862professional $692

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,290.87
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$870.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$3,311.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$776.25
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
$36.31
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$91.20

Where Kansas sits

The same service costs 5.6 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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· 10th of 51

$2,554

$692 physician + $1,862 facility

CO $4,728MT $843

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.