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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 July 2026.

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

$132

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $132 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $129 from a physician practice, and about $631 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 8 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$129$83.18 to $186
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$631$81.28 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $631 · 10th to 90th $74 to $3,388Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $71 to $309
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $631professional $129

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
$104.71
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$223.87
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$4,365.16
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$323.59
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$1,995.26
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$223.87
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,467.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$295.12
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$4,365.16
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$316.23

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 19th of 51

$132

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.