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Dye Injection For Urinary Drainage X-Rays

Tennessee 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 Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $129 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $123 from a physician practice, and about $513 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$123$91.20 to $204
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$513$151 to $1,445

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $120 to $2,570Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $71 to $2,239
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $513professional $123

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
$891.25
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$151.36
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$213.80
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$257.04
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
$54.95
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$15.14

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 22nd 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.