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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 October 2026.

How much does Contrast Study Through Existing Drainage Tube cost?

$138

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $129 from a physician practice, and about $692 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$129$41.69 to $204
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$692$81.28 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $692 · 10th to 90th $44 to $5,754Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $35 to $240
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $692professional $129

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
$70.79
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$9,332.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$257.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$229.09
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$269.15
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$251.19
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$275.42
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$186.21
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$295.12
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
$20.89
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$22.91

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 32nd of 51

$138

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.