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Contrast Study Through Existing Drainage Tube

Minnesota 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?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $170 from a physician practice, and about $501 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$170$79.43 to $389
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$501$170 to $851

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $56 to $1,479Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $43 to $562
$1.0$10.0$100.0$1.0Kfacility $501professional $170

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
$34.67
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,778.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$676.08
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,380.38
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$660.69
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$575.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$380.19

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota $182 · 10th 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.