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Contrast Study Through Existing Drainage Tube

Arkansas 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?

$141

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $141 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $83.18 from a physician practice, and about $794 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$83.18$39.81 to $191
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$794$204 to $1,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $52 to $1,862Professionalmedian $83 · 10th to 90th $35 to $234
$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0Kfacility $794professional $83

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
$52.48
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$208.93
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$56.23
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$288.40
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$269.15

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas $141 · 39th 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.