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Dye Injection For Urinary Drainage X-Rays

North Carolina 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?

$162

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $162 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $162 from a physician practice, and about $151 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 7 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$162$110 to $282
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$151$105 to $363

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $151 · 10th to 90th $68 to $1,862Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $74 to $398
$1.0$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $151professional $162

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
$363.08
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$281.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$239.88
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$234.42
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,715.35

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina $162 · 5th 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.