go back

Dye Injection For Urinary Drainage X-Rays

New Mexico 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?

$112

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $112 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $112 from a physician practice, and about $794 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$112$83.18 to $148
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$794$158 to $1,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $129 to $2,138Professionalmedian $112 · 10th to 90th $56 to $178
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $794professional $112

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$147.91
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$165.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$165.96
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$630.96
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$194.98
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
$36.31
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$14.79

Where New Mexico 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.

New Mexico· 35th of 51

$112

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.