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Contrast Study Through Existing Drainage Tube

New Jersey 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 October 2026.

How much does Contrast Study Through Existing Drainage Tube cost?

$110

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $110 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $95.50 from a physician practice, and about $3,715 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$95.50$37.15 to $166
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,715$646 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $40 to $9,550Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $30 to $245
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,715professional $95

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$213.80
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$10,471.29
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$245.47
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$288.40
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$229.09
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$16.60

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in Wisconsin than in Michigan. 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 Jersey· 42nd of 51

$110

WI $251MI $56.23

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.