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Contrast Dye Study Of The Kidney Drainage System

Iowa 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?

$282

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $282 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $224 from a physician practice, and about $1,288 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$224$81.28 to $372
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,288$288 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $132 to $6,457Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $65 to $661
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,288professional $224

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
$2,238.72
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$933.25
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$549.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$2,041.74
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$2,344.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$776.25
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$602.56
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$724.44

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 13th of 51

$282

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.