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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 October 2026.

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

$123

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $123 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $123 from a physician practice, and about $1,122 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$123$83.18 to $174
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,122$708 to $2,138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $162 to $4,169Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $69 to $234
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,122professional $123

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
$1,318.26
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$120.23
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,187.76
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$562.34
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$426.58
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$154.88
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$213.80
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
$34.67
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$11.75

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 29th of 51

$123

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.