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Contrast Study Through Existing Drainage Tube

Delaware 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?

$123

Typical negotiated rate. In Delaware, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $123 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $120 from a physician practice, and about $562 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 4 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$37.15 to $174
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$562$74.13 to $1,950

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $562 · 10th to 90th $74 to $3,162Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $35 to $204
$20.0$100.0$500.0$2.0Kfacility $562professional $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
$74.13
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$3,235.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$257.04
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$257.04

Where Delaware 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.

Delaware $123 · 46th 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.