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Contrast Dye Study Of The Kidney Drainage System

Connecticut 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?

$214

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $214 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $182 from a physician practice, and about $4,365 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$182$85.11 to $331
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,365$2,291 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $977 to $8,511Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $69 to $513
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $182

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
$870.96
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,238.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$436.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$11,748.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$676.08
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$616.60
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$645.65

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 26th of 51

$214

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.