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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 July 2026.

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

$120

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $112 from a physician practice, and about $186 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$112$77.62 to $138
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$186$117 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $186 · 10th to 90th $78 to $5,888Professionalmedian $112 · 10th to 90th $68 to $219
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $186professional $112

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
$123.03
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$190.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$239.88
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$245.47
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$363.08
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$257.04
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$229.09

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 2.1 times more in Alaska than in Hawaii. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Colorado $120 · 31st of 51
AK $191HI $89.13

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.