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Contrast Study Through Existing Drainage Tube

North Dakota 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?

$170

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $170 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $155 from a physician practice, and about $347 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 5 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$155$61.66 to $347
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$347$77.62 to $759

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $347 · 10th to 90th $39 to $794Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $37 to $468
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $347professional $155

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
$38.90
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$489.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$346.74
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$363.08

Where North Dakota sits

The same service costs 2.2 times more in South Dakota than in New Hampshire. 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.

North Dakota· 19th of 51

$170

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.