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Contrast Study Through Existing Drainage Tube

Alaska rates for HCPCS 49424

A test in which contrast dye is injected through a drainage tube already in place to evaluate a pocket of infection (abscess) or a fluid-filled cyst. The listed price applies when this study is performed as its own service.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Contrast Study Through Existing Drainage Tube cost?

$209

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $209 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $209 from a physician practice, and about $1,259 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$209$112 to $513
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,259$295 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $209 to $14,125Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $56 to $724
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,259professional $209

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$537.03
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,288.25
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$891.25
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$724.44
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,258.93
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$457.09
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
$18.62
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$89.13

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in Wisconsin than in Michigan. 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.

Alaska· 3rd of 51

$209

WI $251MI $56.23

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.