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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 July 2026.

How much does Dye Injection For Urinary Drainage X-Rays cost?

$115

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $115 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $112 from a physician practice, and about $155 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$112$79.43 to $141
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$155$97.72 to $1,950

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $155 · 10th to 90th $74 to $5,248Professionalmedian $112 · 10th to 90th $71 to $204
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $155professional $112

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$154.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$199.53
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$218.78
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$173.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$912.01
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$245.47
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$1,479.11
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$223.87

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 2.1 times more in Alaska than in Hawaii. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Virginia $115 · 35th of 51
AK $191HI $89.13

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.