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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 October 2026.

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

$145

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $145 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $141 from a physician practice, and about $4,571 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$141$105 to $200
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,571$3,467 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $2,399 to $7,586Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $81 to $269
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,571professional $141

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
$3,235.94
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$177.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$354.81
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$338.84
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
$40.74
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$17.78

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 13th of 51

$145

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.