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Contrast Study Through Existing Drainage Tube

Louisiana 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 Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $123 from a physician practice, and about $1,122 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$123$53.70 to $219
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,122$479 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $126 to $3,467Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $37 to $282
$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $1,122professional $123

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
$218.78
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$309.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$275.42
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$263.03

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana $195 · 6th 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.