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Contrast Dye Study Of The Kidney Drainage System

Kentucky 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?

$138

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $129 from a physician practice, and about $550 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$129$66.07 to $219
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$550$115 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $550 · 10th to 90th $79 to $10,715Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $62 to $355
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $550professional $129

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
$79.43
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$371.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$194.98
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$107.15
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$1,479.11
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$338.84

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 50th of 51

$138

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.