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Contrast Dye Study Of The Kidney Drainage System

Tennessee 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?

$224

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $224 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $178 from a physician practice, and about $1,318 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 $355
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,318$468 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $331 to $2,884Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $63 to $490
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,318professional $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
$147.91
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$489.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$138.04
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$446.68
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$416.87

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 21st of 51

$224

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.