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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 July 2026.

How much does Contrast Study Through Existing Drainage Tube cost?

$251

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $251 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $178 from a physician practice, and about $692 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$178$52.48 to $427
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$692$631 to $794

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $692 · 10th to 90th $170 to $891Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $34 to $562
$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0Kfacility $692professional $178

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
$630.96
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$562.34
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$524.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$426.58
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$660.69
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$436.52
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$346.74
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$416.87
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$436.52

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota $251 · 1st 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.