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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 July 2026.

How much does Contrast Study Through Existing Drainage Tube cost?

$141

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $141 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $83.18 from a physician practice, and about $240 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$83.18$42.66 to $191
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$240$100 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $240 · 10th to 90th $45 to $7,943Professionalmedian $83 · 10th to 90th $36 to $257
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $240professional $83

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
$213.80
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$218.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$275.42
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$309.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$275.42

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 40th of 51

$141

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.