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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 July 2026.

How much does Contrast Study Through Existing Drainage Tube cost?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $155 from a physician practice, and about $263 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 8 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$155$69.18 to $295
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$263$83.18 to $339

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $263 · 10th to 90th $51 to $708Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $42 to $437
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0Kfacility $263professional $155

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
$91.20
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$478.63
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$426.58
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$363.08
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$426.58
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$338.84
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$363.08
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$467.74
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$426.58

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon $182 · 14th 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.