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Contrast Injection for Bladder and Urethra X-ray

Washington, DC rates for HCPCS 51610

In this procedure, a doctor injects contrast dye through a catheter into the bladder and urethra so that X-ray images can show their shape and how fluid moves through them. It's often used to look for blockages, abnormal connections, or urine flowing backward toward the kidneys. This is the injection step that makes the imaging possible, done together with or just before the actual X-ray pictures.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Contrast Injection for Bladder and Urethra X-ray cost?

$138

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $135 from a physician practice, and about $1,698 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 5 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$135$69.18 to $151
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,698$145 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $69 to $7,762Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $69 to $347
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,698professional $135

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
$69.18
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$181.97
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$275.42
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$363.08

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 1.9 times more in Alaska than in Hawaii. 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.

Washington, DC· 14th of 51

$138

AK $186HI $95.50

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.