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Contrast Study Through Existing Drainage Tube

Kansas 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?

$195

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $151 from a physician practice, and about $2,754 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$151$52.48 to $200
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,754$537 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $107 to $6,457Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $40 to $302
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,754professional $151

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
$281.84
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$309.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,290.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$302.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$524.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$239.88

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas $195 · 8th 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.