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Contrast Study Through Existing Drainage Tube

Arizona 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?

$162

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $162 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $141 from a physician practice, and about $1,905 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$141$38.90 to $191
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,905$339 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $65 to $5,248Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $35 to $295
$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $1,905professional $141

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
$588.84
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$263.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$34.67
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,388.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$302.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$707.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$251.19

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona $162 · 24th 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.