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Exchange Of A Drain Tube In An Abscess Or Cyst

Louisiana 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?

$1,785

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,785 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,349 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$437$83.18 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,349$832 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $447 to $3,715Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $68 to $851
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,349professional $437

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
$398.11
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$812.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,715.35
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$870.96
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$891.25

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 31st of 50

$1,785

$437 physician + $1,349 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.