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Dye Injection For Urinary Drainage X-Rays

Georgia 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?

$138

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $138 from a physician practice, and about $1,698 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$138$100 to $174
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,698$794 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $447 to $7,244Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $76 to $282
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,698professional $138

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
$117.49
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$288.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,659.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$323.59
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$316.23
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
$35.48
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$13.49

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 15th of 51

$138

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.