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Dye Injection For Urinary Drainage X-Rays

Virginia 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?

$110

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $110 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $110 from a physician practice, and about $977 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$110$77.62 to $135
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$977$138 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $977 · 10th to 90th $79 to $5,754Professionalmedian $110 · 10th to 90th $69 to $174
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $977professional $110

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
$112.20
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$9,332.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$141.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$154.88
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$177.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$169.82
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$891.25
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$181.97
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$131.83
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$204.17
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
$37.15
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$13.49

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 40th of 51

$110

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.