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Contrast Study Through Existing Drainage Tube

Alabama 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?

$151

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $151 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $123 from a physician practice, and about $617 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 4 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$123$44.67 to $186
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$617$468 to $1,096

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $398 to $1,622Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $35 to $339
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $617professional $123

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
$575.44
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$245.47

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.2 times more in South Dakota than in New Hampshire. 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.

Alabama· 35th of 51

$151

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.