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Antegrade Kidney X-ray Imaging Study

Rhode Island rates for HCPCS 74425

This is an X-ray imaging study of the kidney and ureter performed by injecting contrast dye through a tube that has already been placed directly into the kidney, allowing the dye to flow downward toward the bladder. It's typically done to evaluate blockages, strictures, or the position of a drainage tube in the urinary system. This is read and interpreted by a radiologist working alongside the physician performing the tube placement.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Antegrade Kidney X-ray Imaging Study cost?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $182 from a physician practice, and about $759 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$182$132 to $209
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$759$562 to $851

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $759 · 10th to 90th $468 to $891Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $60 to $219
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $759professional $182

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
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$33.11
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$43.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$186.21
2 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
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31

Where Rhode Island sits

The same service costs 4.1 times more in Alaska than in Utah. 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.

Rhode Island· 20th of 51

$182

AK $398UT $97.72

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.