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Contrast Study Through Existing Drainage Tube

Washington, DC 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?

$209

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $209 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $120 from a physician practice, and about $1,514 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 5 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$120$41.69 to $219
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,514$229 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $93 to $4,074Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $39 to $229
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,514professional $120

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
$93.33
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,162.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$229.09
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$346.74
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$407.38

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 2.2 times more in South Dakota than in New Hampshire. 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.

Washington, DC· 3rd of 51

$209

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.