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Contrast Dye Study Of The Kidney Drainage System

Minnesota 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?

$282

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $282 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $263 from a physician practice, and about $1,047 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$263$141 to $661
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,047$331 to $1,905

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $123 to $2,512Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $78 to $1,000
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,047professional $263

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
$63.10
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,019.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,079.46
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,202.26
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,454.71
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,630.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$645.65

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 14th of 51

$282

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.