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Dye Injection For Urinary Drainage X-Rays

Illinois 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?

$126

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $126 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $120 from a physician practice, and about $1,148 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 6 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$120$81.28 to $162
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,148$380 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $117 to $5,623Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $69 to $234
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,148professional $120

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
$117.49
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$218.78
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$501.19
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$154.88
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$218.78

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 24th of 51

$126

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.