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Contrast Study Through Existing Drainage Tube

Mississippi 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?

$110

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $110 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $61.66 to $219.

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

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $224 to $1,820Professionalmedian $107 · 10th to 90th $37 to $331
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $575professional $107

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$46.77
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$263.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$309.03

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 43rd of 51

$110

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.