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Contrast Study Through Existing Drainage Tube

New Mexico 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?

$117

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $117 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $105 from a physician practice, and about $263 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$105$48.98 to $219
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$263$60.26 to $1,096

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $263 · 10th to 90th $49 to $2,089Professionalmedian $105 · 10th to 90th $40 to $263
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $263professional $105

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$2,137.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$245.47
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$245.47
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$288.40
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
$19.95
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$26.30

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 41st of 51

$117

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.