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Contrast Dye Study Of The Kidney Drainage System

Mississippi 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?

$209

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $209 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $182 from a physician practice, and about $759 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$182$75.86 to $331
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$759$331 to $1,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $759 · 10th to 90th $71 to $1,622Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $62 to $631
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $759professional $182

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
$70.79
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$776.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$138.04
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$407.38
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$371.54

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 29th of 51

$209

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.