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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 October 2026.

How much does Contrast Study Through Existing Drainage Tube cost?

$69.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $69.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $69.18 from a physician practice, and about $70.79 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$69.18$36.31 to $145
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$70.79$45.71 to $316

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $71 · 10th to 90th $35 to $1,950Professionalmedian $69 · 10th to 90th $32 to $204
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $71professional $69

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
$35.48
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$89.13
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
$9,120.11
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$141.25
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$54.95
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$831.76
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$223.87
11 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$19.95
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
GC · Resident with teaching physician
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 48th of 51

$69.18

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.