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Exchange Of A Drain Tube In An Abscess Or Cyst

Nebraska 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?

$2,867

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,867 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $355 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$355$95.50 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$933 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $126 to $8,511Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $69 to $1,288
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $355

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
$144.54
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$13,489.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,122.02
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$117.49
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,754.40
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$4,265.80
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,659.59
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,412.54

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 15th of 50

$2,867

$355 physician + $2,512 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.