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Contrast Dye Study Of The Kidney Drainage System

Idaho 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?

$178

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $178 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $170 from a physician practice, and about $372 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 9 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$85.11 to $427
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$372$151 to $1,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $372 · 10th to 90th $78 to $2,239Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $71 to $617
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $372professional $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
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,778.28
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,630.27
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$562.34
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$436.52
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$562.34
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$630.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$234.42
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,238.72
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,388.44
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$630.96
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,047.13
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$398.11

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 43rd of 51

$178

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.