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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 October 2026.

How much does Contrast Study Through Existing Drainage Tube cost?

$126

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $126 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $117 from a physician practice, and about $1,698 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$117$41.69 to $195
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,698$912 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $170 to $4,266Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $36 to $269
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,698professional $117

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
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$194.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$257.04
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$257.04
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$257.04
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$31.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$251.19
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
$19.50
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$19.50

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 37th of 51

$126

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.