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Contrast Study Through Existing Drainage Tube

Rhode Island 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?

$138

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $129 from a physician practice, and about $437 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 4 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$129$37.15 to $186
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$437$324 to $1,660

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $437 · 10th to 90th $324 to $4,467Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $36 to $302
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $437professional $129

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
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$4,466.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$251.19

Where Rhode Island sits

The same service costs 2.2 times more in South Dakota than in New Hampshire. 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.

Rhode Island· 44th of 51

$138

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.