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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 October 2026.

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

$1,587

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,587 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $141 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,445 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$141$97.72 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,445$1,000 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $631 to $4,898Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $66 to $1,413
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,445professional $141

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
$138.04
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$6,165.95
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,318.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,715.35
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$4,265.80
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,380.38
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,659.59
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,479.11
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
$32.36
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$51.29

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 32nd of 51

$1,587

$141 physician + $1,445 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.