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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 July 2026.

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

$120

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $117 from a physician practice, and about $2,239 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$117$79.43 to $174
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,239$200 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $132 to $6,761Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $69 to $309
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $117

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
$173.78
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$346.74
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$354.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$3,548.13
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$323.59
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$302.00
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$275.42

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 2.1 times more in Alaska than in Hawaii. 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· 30th of 51

$120

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.