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Contrast Study Through Existing Drainage Tube

Montana 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?

$95.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $95.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $95.50 from a physician practice, and about $95.50 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$95.50$57.54 to $282
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$95.50$54.95 to $295

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $95 · 10th to 90th $55 to $302Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $44 to $302
$50$100$200$500facility $95professional $95

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
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$281.84
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$316.23
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$309.03
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$234.42
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$302.00

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 46th of 51

$95.50

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.