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Dye Injection For Urinary Drainage X-Rays

Missouri 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?

$120

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $117 from a physician practice, and about $1,380 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$117$83.18 to $178
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,380$692 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $135 to $4,467Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $76 to $1,072
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,380professional $117

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$138.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$199.53
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$234.42
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
$31.62
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$13.80

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 30th of 51

$120

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.