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Contrast Dye Study Of The Kidney Drainage System

Missouri 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?

$295

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $295 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $170 from a physician practice, and about $1,622 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$170$75.86 to $339
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,622$724 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $269 to $4,898Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $65 to $437
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,622professional $170

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
$295.12
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$426.58
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$162.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$512.86
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$512.86

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 11th of 51

$295

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.