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Contrast Study Through Existing Drainage Tube

Missouri 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?

$166

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $166 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $105 from a physician practice, and about $2,239 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$105$43.65 to $195
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,239$708 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $65 to $5,623Professionalmedian $105 · 10th to 90th $37 to $295
$20.0$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,239professional $105

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
$190.55
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$281.84
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$43.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$302.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$457.09
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$316.23

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri $166 · 23rd 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.