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Exchange Of A Drain Tube In An Abscess Or Cyst

Rhode Island 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?

$2,912

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,912 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $513 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,399 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$513$93.33 to $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,399$1,622 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $832 to $5,012Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $71 to $813
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,399professional $513

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
$1,513.56
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$954.99

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 14th of 50

$2,912

$513 physician + $2,399 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.