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Contrast Dye Study Of The Kidney Drainage System

Utah 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?

$219

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $219 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $204 from a physician practice, and about $3,020 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$204$85.11 to $355
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,020$955 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $93 to $4,571Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $66 to $550
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,020professional $204

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
$93.33
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$549.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$162.18
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,019.95
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$512.86
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$275.42
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$371.54

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 22nd of 51

$219

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.