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Dye Injection For Urinary Drainage X-Rays

Nebraska 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?

$129

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $129 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $126 from a physician practice, and about $1,096 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$126$95.50 to $178
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,096$437 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $331 to $7,943Professionalmedian $126 · 10th to 90th $66 to $275
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,096professional $126

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
$109.65
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$281.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$3,548.13
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$295.12
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$275.42
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
$33.11
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$16.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.96

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 23rd of 51

$129

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.