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Dye Injection For Urinary Drainage X-Rays

Minnesota 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?

$191

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $186 from a physician practice, and about $339 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$186$117 to $282
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$339$151 to $490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $339 · 10th to 90th $72 to $933Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $81 to $407
$1$10$100$1Kfacility $339professional $186

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
$67.61
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$173.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$309.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$478.63
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$933.25
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$478.63
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$537.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$346.74

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 2nd of 51

$191

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.