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Contrast Study Through Existing Drainage Tube

South Dakota 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?

$178

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $178 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $178 from a physician practice, and about $214 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$178$81.28 to $355
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$214$52.48 to $263

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $214 · 10th to 90th $49 to $813Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $60 to $479
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $214professional $178

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
$38.90
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$524.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$426.58
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,318.26
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$346.74
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$354.81
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$478.63
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$436.52
5 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
$15.49
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$16.98

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 11th of 51

$178

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.