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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 October 2026.

How much does Contrast Study Through Existing Drainage Tube cost?

$138

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $117 from a physician practice, and about $380 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$117$53.70 to $229
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$380$38.90 to $977

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $380 · 10th to 90th $35 to $1,318Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $40 to $275
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $380professional $117

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
$218.78
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$245.47
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$275.42
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$263.03
5 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$24.55

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 31st of 51

$138

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.