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Contrast Dye Study Of The Kidney Drainage System

Texas 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?

$275

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $275 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $151 from a physician practice, and about $977 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 12 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$151$74.13 to $339
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$977$372 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $977 · 10th to 90th $83 to $4,467Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $63 to $447
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $977professional $151

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
$436.52
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,235.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$436.52
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$100.00
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,995.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$389.05
Baylor Scott & White
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,584.89
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$467.74
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
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
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$501.19
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$575.44
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$53.70
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$501.19
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$338.84
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$416.87

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 16th of 51

$275

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.