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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 July 2026.

How much does Contrast Study Through Existing Drainage Tube cost?

$155

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $102 from a physician practice, and about $4,467 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 6 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$102$38.90 to $191
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,467$2,138 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $214 to $9,333Professionalmedian $102 · 10th to 90th $35 to $275
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $4,467professional $102

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
$204.17
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$9,332.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$229.09
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$10,232.93
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$316.23
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$346.74
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$316.23

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey $155 · 34th 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.