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Contrast Study Through Existing Drainage Tube

Connecticut 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?

$129

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $129 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $66.07 to $324.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $1,950 to $7,586Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $55 to $427
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $4,365professional $123

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
$3,235.94
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$223.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$309.03
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$346.74
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$58.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$467.74
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
$21.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$21.88

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 33rd of 51

$129

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.