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Contrast Study Through Existing Drainage Tube

South Carolina 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?

$158

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $158 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $158 from a physician practice, and about $1,202 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$158$46.77 to $204
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,202$355 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $60 to $6,918Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $40 to $275
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $1,202professional $158

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
$44.67
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$213.80
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$269.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$288.40
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$239.88
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$275.42
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
$21.38
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$21.38
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$158.49
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$64.57
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$44.67
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$44.67
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$44.67

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 21st of 51

$158

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.