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Contrast Study Through Existing Drainage Tube

Iowa 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 Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $170 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $166 from a physician practice, and about $1,622 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$166$52.48 to $219
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,622$309 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $74 to $6,026Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $36 to $417
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $1,622professional $166

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
$77.62
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$524.81
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$275.42
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,318.26
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$501.19
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$489.78
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$398.11
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$416.87

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa $170 · 18th 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.