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Contrast Study Through Existing Drainage Tube

Virginia 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?

$155

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $141 from a physician practice, and about $229 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$141$43.65 to $219
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$229$64.57 to $1,479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $229 · 10th to 90th $44 to $4,677Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $37 to $295
$20.0$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $229professional $141

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
$64.57
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$5,754.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$288.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$295.12
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$309.03
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$275.42
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$436.52
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$309.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$1,479.11
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$302.00

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia $155 · 30th 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.