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Contrast Study Through Existing Drainage Tube

Utah 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?

$195

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $174 from a physician practice, and about $2,884 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 7 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$174$52.48 to $275
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,884$977 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $200 to $4,571Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $36 to $437
$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $2,884professional $174

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
$199.53
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,466.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$309.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$91.20
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$295.12
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$154.88
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$263.03

Where Utah 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.

Utah $195 · 4th 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.