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Dye Injection For Urinary Drainage X-Rays

Massachusetts 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?

$138

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $138 from a physician practice, and about $93.33 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$138$95.50 to $257
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$93.33$69.18 to $741

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $93 · 10th to 90th $43 to $2,818Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $69 to $759
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $93professional $138

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
$323.59
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$144.54
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$3,162.28
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$3,715.35
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$295.12
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$380.19
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$199.53
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,548.13
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$346.74
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$3,162.28
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$416.87
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$147.91
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$93.33
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
$37.15
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$13.49

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 16th of 51

$138

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.