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Contrast Study Through Existing Drainage Tube

Colorado 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?

$166

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $166 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $129 from a physician practice, and about $468 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 7 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$129$43.65 to $191
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$468$155 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $47 to $5,888Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $36 to $288
$20.0$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $468professional $129

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
$177.83
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$251.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$338.84
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$309.03
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$281.84
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$380.19
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$309.03

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado $166 · 22nd 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.