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Contrast Dye Study Of The Kidney Drainage System

Alaska rates for HCPCS 50431

An imaging procedure in which contrast dye is injected through a tube already in place to evaluate the kidney and the tube, or ureter, that drains urine from it down toward the bladder. X-ray images taken during the injection show how well the drainage system is functioning and whether there is a blockage.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Contrast Dye Study Of The Kidney Drainage System cost?

$316

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $316 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $316 from a physician practice, and about $263 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 6 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$316$174 to $832
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$263$89.13 to $407

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $263 · 10th to 90th $66 to $676Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $68 to $1,288
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $263professional $316

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
$218.78
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$954.99
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$562.34
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,202.26
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,380.38
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$562.34
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$645.65

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Washington, DC than in West Virginia. 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.

Alaska· 6th of 51

$316

DC $363WV $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.