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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 July 2026.

How much does Contrast Study Through Existing Drainage Tube cost?

$170

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $170 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $148 from a physician practice, and about $2,754 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 7 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$148$48.98 to $214
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,754$1,778 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $186 to $7,079Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $37 to $331
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $2,754professional $148

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
$186.21
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$338.84
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$363.08
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$346.74
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$316.23

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia $170 · 20th 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.