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Contrast Study Through Existing Drainage Tube

Vermont 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?

$170

Typical negotiated rate. In Vermont, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $170 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $63.10 to $302.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $1,413Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $44 to $380
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $1,413professional $170

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS Vermont
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS Vermont
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$302.00
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$467.74
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
$21.88
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$16.98

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont· 16th of 51

$170

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.