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Dye Injection For Urinary Drainage X-Rays

Kentucky 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?

$97.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $97.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $93.33 from a physician practice, and about $851 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$93.33$70.79 to $120
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$851$115 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $85 to $10,715Professionalmedian $93 · 10th to 90th $66 to $224
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $851professional $93

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
$85.11
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$204.17
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$208.93
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$112.20
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$3,715.35
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$43.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$186.21

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 2.1 times more in Alaska than in Hawaii. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Kentucky $97.72 · 49th of 51
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.