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Contrast Study Through Existing Drainage Tube

Oklahoma 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?

$195

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $148 from a physician practice, and about $794 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$148$40.74 to $195
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$794$501 to $1,445

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $195 to $3,890Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $36 to $234
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $794professional $148

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
$194.98
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$194.98
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$234.42
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$218.78

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma $195 · 5th 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.