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Contrast Study Through Existing Drainage Tube

New Hampshire 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?

$112

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $112 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $105 from a physician practice, and about $1,820 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$105$54.95 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,820$158 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $158 to $9,772Professionalmedian $105 · 10th to 90th $39 to $389
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,820professional $105

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
$158.49
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$229.09
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$104.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$426.58
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,413.10
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$426.58
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$35.48

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 51st of 51

$112

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.