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Contrast Dye Study Of The Kidney Drainage System

Alabama 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?

$195

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $166 from a physician practice, and about $794 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 5 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$166$77.62 to $324
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$794$589 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $513 to $2,399Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $63 to $575
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $794professional $166

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
$575.44
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$575.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$338.84

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 33rd of 51

$195

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.