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Contrast Study Through Existing Drainage Tube

Illinois 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?

$162

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $162 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $117 from a physician practice, and about $1,288 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$117$45.71 to $204
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,288$363 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $72 to $5,012Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $36 to $295
$20.0$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,288professional $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
$72.44
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$309.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$40.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$295.12
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$416.87
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$223.87
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$263.03

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois $162 · 26th 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.