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Contrast Dye Study Of The Kidney Drainage System

Illinois 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?

$204

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $170 from a physician practice, and about $1,122 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$79.43 to $363
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,122$389 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $123 to $5,129Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $65 to $562
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,122professional $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
$123.03
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$5,370.32
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,698.24
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$478.63
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$776.25
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$407.38
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$407.38

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 30th of 51

$204

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.