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Dye Injection For Urinary Drainage X-Rays

Maryland 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?

$110

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $110 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $107 from a physician practice, and about $603 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$107$75.86 to $135
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$603$166 to $708

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $603 · 10th to 90th $91 to $708Professionalmedian $107 · 10th to 90th $69 to $214
$100$200$500facility $603professional $107

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$213.80
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$245.47
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$223.87
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$177.83

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 41st of 51

$110

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.