go back

Contrast Dye Study Of The Kidney Drainage System

Oklahoma 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?

$347

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $347 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $170 from a physician practice, and about $851 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$170$74.13 to $339
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$851$525 to $1,445

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $363 to $3,890Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $63 to $380
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $851professional $170

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
$363.08
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$363.08
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$398.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$338.84

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 3rd of 51

$347

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.