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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 July 2026.

How much does Contrast Study Through Existing Drainage Tube cost?

$155

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $145 from a physician practice, and about $174 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$145$44.67 to $214
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$174$54.95 to $275

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $174 · 10th to 90th $43 to $490Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $37 to $295
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0Kfacility $174professional $145

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
$51.29
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56,234.13
Median
$69,183.10
Typical High
$81,283.05
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$263.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$218.78
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$295.12
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$295.12

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico $155 · 32nd 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.