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Contrast Dye Study Of The Kidney Drainage System

Massachusetts 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?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $178 from a physician practice, and about $1,000 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$178$81.28 to $389
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,000$75.86 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $71 to $3,631Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $69 to $724
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,000professional $178

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
$177.83
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$389.05
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,801.89
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$724.44
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$363.08
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$549.54
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,079.46
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$794.33
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,041.74
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$239.88
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,801.89
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$812.83

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 37th of 51

$182

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.