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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 October 2026.

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

$87.10

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $87.10 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $74.13 to $132.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $151 · 10th to 90th $151 to $263Professionalmedian $87 · 10th to 90th $69 to $186
$100$200facility $151professional $87

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$134.90
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$213.80
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$234.42
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$190.55
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
$45.71
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$13.49

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 50th of 51

$87.10

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.