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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 July 2026.

How much does Contrast Study Through Existing Drainage Tube cost?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $182 from a physician practice, and about $166 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$182$95.50 to $457
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$166$56.23 to $269

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $166 · 10th to 90th $41 to $389Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $37 to $724
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $166professional $182

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
$128.82
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$537.03
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$346.74
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$676.08
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$954.99
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$346.74
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$575.44

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 2.2 times more in South Dakota than in New Hampshire. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Alaska $182 · 12th of 51
SD $251NH $112

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.