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Contrast Dye Study Of The Kidney Drainage System

Michigan 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?

$170

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $170 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $145 from a physician practice, and about $1,905 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$145$77.62 to $316
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,905$501 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $105 to $4,898Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $65 to $398
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,905professional $145

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
$104.71
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$398.11
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$74.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$501.19
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$457.09
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$446.68

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 45th of 51

$170

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.