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Dye Injection For Urinary Drainage X-Rays

Connecticut 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?

$141

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $141 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $129 from a physician practice, and about $4,677 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 5 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$129$89.13 to $204
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,677$3,467 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $8,511Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $74 to $302
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $4,677professional $129

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
$1,230.27
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$323.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$8,128.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$302.00
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$302.00

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut $141 · 12th 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.