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Direct-Puncture X-Ray Imaging Of A Kidney Cyst

Louisiana 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?

$479

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $479 from a physician practice, and about $501 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$479$74.13 to $562
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$501$170 to $851

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $112 to $1,096Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $45 to $661
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $501professional $479

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
$501.19
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$37.15
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$70.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$575.44
6 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$446.68

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 9th of 51

$479

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.