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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 October 2026.

How much does Contrast Study Through Existing Drainage Tube cost?

$141

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $141 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $138 from a physician practice, and about $3,020 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$138$89.13 to $178
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,020$200 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $54 to $4,571Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $49 to $240
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,020professional $138

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
$53.70
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$257.04
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$173.78
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$275.42
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$331.13
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$346.74
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
$26.92
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$19.95

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 28th of 51

$141

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.