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Contrast Study Through Existing Drainage Tube

Tennessee 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?

$158

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $158 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $129 from a physician practice, and about $955 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$129$44.67 to $219
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$955$347 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $132 to $2,884Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $36 to $324
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $955professional $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
$288.40
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$316.23
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$48.98
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$288.40
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$288.40

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee $158 · 27th 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.