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Dye Injection For Urinary Drainage X-Rays

Iowa 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?

$186

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $186 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $182 from a physician practice, and about $295 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$182$132 to $275
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$295$200 to $2,239

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $295 · 10th to 90th $174 to $3,802Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $105 to $955
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $295professional $182

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
$173.78
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$323.59
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$281.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$3,548.13
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$302.00
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$295.12
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$275.42
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
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$17.38

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 5th of 51

$186

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.