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Contrast Study Through Existing Drainage Tube

Georgia 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?

$123

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $123 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $123 from a physician practice, and about $2,344 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$123$61.66 to $245
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,344$1,349 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $186 to $7,413Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $41 to $339
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,344professional $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
$38.90
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$288.40
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$323.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$398.11
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$346.74
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$416.87
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
$79.43
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$20.42

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 39th of 51

$123

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.