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Contrast Dye Study Of The Kidney Drainage System

Arizona 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?

$200

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $170 from a physician practice, and about $1,514 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$170$69.18 to $324
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,514$339 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $107 to $5,623Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $63 to $427
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,514professional $170

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
$630.96
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,754.40
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$398.11
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$467.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$389.05

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 31st of 51

$200

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.