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Contrast Study Through Existing Drainage Tube

Nebraska 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?

$158

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $158 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $93.33 from a physician practice, and about $1,549 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 7 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$93.33$67.61 to $240
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,549$347 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $78 to $8,511Professionalmedian $93 · 10th to 90th $35 to $447
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0Kfacility $1,549professional $93

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
$288.40
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$446.68
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$81.28
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$436.52
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$457.09
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$1,318.26
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$446.68
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$416.87

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska $158 · 28th 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.