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Contrast Dye Study Of The Kidney Drainage System

North Carolina 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?

$219

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $219 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $191 from a physician practice, and about $389 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$191$120 to $372
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$389$107 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $389 · 10th to 90th $63 to $4,266Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $69 to $525
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $389professional $191

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
$831.76
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,905.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$575.44
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$524.81
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$446.68
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,630.27

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 23rd of 51

$219

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.