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Contrast Dye Study Of The Kidney Drainage System

North Dakota 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?

$174

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $174 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $174 from a physician practice, and about $263 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 5 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$174$102 to $363
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$263$66.07 to $347

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $263 · 10th to 90th $63 to $1,995Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $66 to $708
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $263professional $174

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
$263.03
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$758.58
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$537.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$588.84

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 44th of 51

$174

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.