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Dye Injection For Urinary Drainage X-Rays

Alaska rates for HCPCS 50690

Contrast dye is injected so that X-ray pictures can show the ureters and the collecting systems of the kidneys, or a urinary channel built from a segment of bowel, and how urine drains through them. It is used to look for a leak, narrowing, blockage or backflow toward the kidneys. This covers the dye injection that makes the images possible; reading the X-rays is a separate service.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Dye Injection For Urinary Drainage X-Rays cost?

$282

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $282 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $282 from a physician practice, and about $794 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$282$182 to $380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$794$468 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $324 to $12,023Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $102 to $479
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $794professional $282

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$380.19
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$3,090.30
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$524.81
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$478.63
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$794.33
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$316.23
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$52.48

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Alaska than in Florida. 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.

Alaska· 1st of 51

$282

AK $282FL $87.10

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.