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Dye Study Of An Abdominal Drainage Shunt

Utah rates for HCPCS 49427

Injects contrast dye into a shunt already in place that carries excess fluid from the abdomen into a vein, so images can show whether it is still open along its length. It is done when fluid builds up again and there is concern the tube has become blocked. No new tube is placed; the dye is put into the existing one.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Dye Study Of An Abdominal Drainage Shunt cost?

$3,000

Typical total for the visit. In Utah, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,000 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $48.98 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,951 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$48.98$33.11 to $61.66
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,951$200 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $62 to $4,571Professionalmedian $49 · 10th to 90th $26 to $65
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,951professional $49

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
$61.66
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$72.44
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$34.67
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$64.57
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$75.86
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$81.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$81.28
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
$19.95
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.17

Where Utah sits

The same service costs 24.6 times more in Utah than in Montana. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Utah· 1st of 51

$3,000

$48.98 physician + $2,951 facility

UT $3,000MT $122

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.