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Contrast Study Through Existing Drainage Tube

Oregon 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?

$174

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $174 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $120 from a physician practice, and about $324 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$120$70.79 to $324
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$324$234 to $427

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $324 · 10th to 90th $91 to $5,012Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $54 to $457
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $324professional $120

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
$3,235.94
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$489.78
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$457.09
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$6,606.93
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$363.08
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$338.84
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$426.58
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$489.78
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$478.63
10 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
$22.39
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$29.51
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$147.91
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$58.88
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$223.87
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$44.67
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$29.51

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 15th of 51

$174

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.