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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 October 2026.

How much does Contrast Study Through Existing Drainage Tube cost?

$148

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $138 from a physician practice, and about $1,202 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$138$53.70 to $269
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,202$229 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $52 to $6,457Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $42 to $372
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,202professional $138

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$281.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$338.84
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$257.04
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$346.74
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$380.19
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$323.59
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$19.50

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in Wisconsin than in Michigan. 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.

Colorado· 26th of 51

$148

WI $251MI $56.23

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.