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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 July 2026.

How much does Contrast Study Through Existing Drainage Tube cost?

$112

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $112 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $75.86 from a physician practice, and about $479 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 6 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$75.86$38.90 to $178
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$479$95.50 to $1,096

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $479 · 10th to 90th $43 to $4,898Professionalmedian $76 · 10th to 90th $35 to $214
$20.0$100.0$500.0$2.0Kfacility $479professional $76

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
$44.67
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$213.80
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$63.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$75.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$204.17
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$263.03

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana $112 · 50th 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.