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Contrast Dye Study Of The Kidney Drainage System

Kansas 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?

$316

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $316 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $200 from a physician practice, and about $2,291 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 5 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$200$89.13 to $355
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,291$550 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $123 to $7,586Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $74 to $447
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,291professional $200

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
$426.58
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$467.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$389.05

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 7th of 51

$316

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.