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Contrast Study Through Existing Drainage Tube

Florida 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?

$141

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $141 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $117 from a physician practice, and about $2,188 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 8 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$117$40.74 to $186
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,188$741 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $229 to $10,471Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $35 to $257
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,188professional $117

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
$275.42
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$263.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$61.66
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$11,220.18
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$295.12
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$208.93
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$223.87
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$269.15
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$173.78

Where Florida 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.

Florida $141 · 42nd 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.