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Dye Injection For Urinary Drainage X-Rays

South Dakota 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?

$170

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $170 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $170 from a physician practice, and about $178 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$170$138 to $234
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$178$100 to $200

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $178 · 10th to 90th $93 to $813Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $102 to $302
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $178professional $170

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
$70.79
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$346.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$331.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$3,548.13
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$234.42
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$239.88
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$302.00
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$288.40
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
$30.20
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$16.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$10.96

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 7th of 51

$170

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.