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Contrast Study Through Existing Drainage Tube

Kentucky 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?

$115

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $115 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $110 from a physician practice, and about $316 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$110$38.90 to $170
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$316$69.18 to $1,514

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $316 · 10th to 90th $50 to $9,120Professionalmedian $110 · 10th to 90th $34 to $234
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $316professional $110

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
$54.95
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$257.04
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$42.66
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$162.18
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$58.88
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$831.76
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$257.04

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky $115 · 48th 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.