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Contrast Dye Study Of The Kidney Drainage System

South Dakota 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?

$195

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $191 from a physician practice, and about $295 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$191$117 to $447
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$295$117 to $661

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $295 · 10th to 90th $81 to $2,291Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $63 to $708
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $295professional $191

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
$66.07
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$933.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$660.69
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,174.90
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$776.25
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$537.03
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$691.83
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$758.58

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 32nd of 51

$195

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.