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Direct-Puncture X-Ray Imaging Of A Kidney Cyst

Illinois rates for HCPCS 74470

This x-ray study images a fluid-filled cyst in the kidney after contrast dye is injected directly into the cyst through a needle placed through the skin. It helps evaluate the size and characteristics of the cyst, distinguishing a simple fluid-filled cyst from a more concerning growth. It differs from imaging methods that introduce dye through a vein or through the urinary tract.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Direct-Puncture X-Ray Imaging Of A Kidney Cyst cost?

$110

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $110 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $107 from a physician practice, and about $251 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$107$79.43 to $316
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$251$145 to $676

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $251 · 10th to 90th $91 to $933Professionalmedian $107 · 10th to 90th $38 to $501
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $251professional $107

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
$79.43
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$489.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$933.25
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$81.28
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$316.23
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$134.90
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$194.98
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$117.49
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$870.96
3 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
$208.93
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 8.7 times more in Colorado than in Michigan. 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.

Illinois· 40th of 51

$110

CO $661MI $75.86

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.