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Dye Injection For Urinary Drainage X-Rays

Michigan 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?

$107

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $107 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $102 from a physician practice, and about $2,042 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$102$79.43 to $135
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,042$537 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $126 to $4,898Professionalmedian $102 · 10th to 90th $68 to $158
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,042professional $102

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
$147.91
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$302.00
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$173.78
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$194.98

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 45th of 51

$107

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.