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Dye Injection For Urinary Drainage X-Rays

Colorado 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?

$135

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $135 from a physician practice, and about $1,514 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$135$100 to $186
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,514$550 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $110 to $6,457Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $78 to $251
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,514professional $135

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
$954.99
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$147.91
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$234.42
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$186.21
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$234.42
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$257.04
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$229.09
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
$36.31
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$12.59

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 17th of 51

$135

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.