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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 July 2026.

How much does Contrast Study Through Existing Drainage Tube cost?

$155

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $151 from a physician practice, and about $186 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$151$50.12 to $251
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$186$64.57 to $302

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $186 · 10th to 90th $59 to $347Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $36 to $331
$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0Kfacility $186professional $151

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
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$407.38
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$316.23
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$316.23
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$363.08
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$309.03

Where Montana 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.

Montana $155 · 31st 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.