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Contrast Study Through Existing Drainage Tube

Nevada 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?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $158 from a physician practice, and about $1,585 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$158$44.67 to $214
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,585$195 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $39 to $4,365Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $39 to $339
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,585professional $158

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
$38.90
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$660.69
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$288.40
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$257.04
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$257.04
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$295.12

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada $182 · 11th 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.