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Dye Injection For Urinary Drainage X-Rays

Montana 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?

$117

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $117 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $117 from a physician practice, and about $162 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$117$89.13 to $166
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$162$117 to $204

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $162 · 10th to 90th $107 to $245Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $68 to $295
$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0Kfacility $162professional $117

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$263.03
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$208.93
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$208.93
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$251.19
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$199.53

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 2.1 times more in Alaska than in Hawaii. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Montana $117 · 33rd of 51
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.