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Contrast Study Through Existing Drainage Tube

Indiana 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?

$85.11

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $85.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $79.43 from a physician practice, and about $302 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$79.43$38.90 to $162
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$302$58.88 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $302 · 10th to 90th $40 to $4,571Professionalmedian $79 · 10th to 90th $35 to $209
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $302professional $79

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
$39.81
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$208.93
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$75.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$158.49
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$245.47
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$2,187.76
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$269.15
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
$18.62
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$18.20

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 47th of 51

$85.11

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.