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Contrast Dye Study Of The Kidney Drainage System

Arkansas 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?

$209

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $209 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $145 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 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$145$72.44 to $331
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$794$631 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $209 to $1,820Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $62 to $372
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $794professional $145

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
$134.90
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$371.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$457.09
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$102.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$371.54

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 28th of 51

$209

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.