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Dye Injection For Urinary Drainage X-Rays

Alabama 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?

$115

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $115 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $112 from a physician practice, and about $447 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$112$83.18 to $138
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$447$437 to $562

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $447 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,259Professionalmedian $112 · 10th to 90th $71 to $224
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $447professional $112

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$162.18
6 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
$52.48
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$22.39
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
32 · Mandated service
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$131.83

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 32nd of 51

$115

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.