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Contrast Dye Study Of The Kidney Drainage System

New Mexico 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?

$234

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $234 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $178 from a physician practice, and about $407 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$178$79.43 to $363
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$407$105 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $407 · 10th to 90th $74 to $3,388Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $63 to $437
$100$1K$10Kfacility $407professional $178

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
$93.33
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,137.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,677.35
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$398.11
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$436.52
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$489.78
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$446.68

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 18th of 51

$234

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.