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Contrast Study Through Existing Drainage Tube

Michigan 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?

$141

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $141 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $112 from a physician practice, and about $851 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 7 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$112$43.65 to $191
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$851$282 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $60 to $4,898Professionalmedian $112 · 10th to 90th $35 to $269
$10$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $851professional $112

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
$60.26
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$269.15
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$53.70
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$52.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$323.59
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$302.00
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$281.84

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 38th of 51

$141

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.