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Contrast Dye Study Of The Kidney Drainage System

New Jersey 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?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $145 from a physician practice, and about $4,467 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$145$69.18 to $309
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,467$2,754 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $562 to $10,233Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $59 to $417
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,467professional $145

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
$562.34
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$4,786.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$446.68
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$616.60
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,388.44
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$478.63

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 36th of 51

$182

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.