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Contrast Study Through Existing Drainage Tube

Massachusetts 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?

$132

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $132 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $123 from a physician practice, and about $1,000 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 9 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$48.98 to $219
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,000$53.70 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $42 to $3,388Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $37 to $447
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,000professional $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
$154.88
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$323.59
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,818.38
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$97.72
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$446.68
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$407.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,467.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$426.58
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$588.84
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$144.54
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,818.38
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$426.58

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 2.2 times more in South Dakota than in New Hampshire. 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.

Massachusetts· 45th of 51

$132

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.