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Contrast Dye Study Of The Kidney Drainage System

Nebraska 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?

$309

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $309 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $302 from a physician practice, and about $2,291 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$302$120 to $479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,291$550 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $132 to $12,589Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $68 to $794
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,291professional $302

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
$134.90
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$13,489.63
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,311.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$794.33
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,754.40
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$741.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$831.76
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$2,344.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$741.31
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$724.44

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 8th of 51

$309

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.