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Contrast Dye Study Of The Kidney Drainage System

Georgia 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?

$245

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $178 from a physician practice, and about $2,692 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 7 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$178$79.43 to $324
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,692$1,288 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $603 to $7,079Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $66 to $417
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $178

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
$323.59
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$416.87
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$114.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,168.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$562.34
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$630.96
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$446.68

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 17th of 51

$245

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.