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Contrast Study Through Existing Drainage Tube

North Carolina 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 North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $178 from a physician practice, and about $209 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 8 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$178$67.61 to $275
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$209$75.86 to $776

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $209 · 10th to 90th $46 to $2,399Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $40 to $437
$20.0$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $209professional $178

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
$75.86
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$512.86
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$91.20
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$363.08
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$309.03
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$288.40
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,445.44

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina $182 · 9th 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.