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Contrast Study Through Existing Drainage Tube

Idaho 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?

$155

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $141 from a physician practice, and about $204 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 9 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$141$50.12 to $282
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$204$74.13 to $380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $204 · 10th to 90th $46 to $1,413Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $39 to $339
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $204professional $141

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
$1,412.54
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$323.59
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$354.81
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$380.19
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$131.83
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$389.05
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$501.19
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$295.12

Where Idaho sits

The same service costs 2.2 times more in South Dakota than in New Hampshire. 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.

Idaho· 33rd of 51

$155

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.