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Contrast Study Through Existing Drainage Tube

Maryland 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?

$64.57

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $64.57 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $38.90 to $191.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $65 · 10th to 90th $35 to $257
$50$100$200$500professional $65

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$229.09
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$295.12
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$338.84
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$288.40
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
$20.42
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$22.91

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 50th of 51

$64.57

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.