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Contrast Dye Study Of The Kidney Drainage System

Oregon 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?

$229

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $229 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $200 from a physician practice, and about $468 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 8 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$200$117 to $479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$468$162 to $617

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $85 to $851Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $72 to $776
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $468professional $200

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
$165.96
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$851.14
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$776.25
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$630.96
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$812.83
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$616.60
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$630.96
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$851.14
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,691.53
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,073.80
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$660.69

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 20th of 51

$229

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.