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Direct-Puncture X-Ray Imaging Of A Kidney Cyst

New Jersey 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?

$81.28

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $81.28 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $81.28 from a physician practice, and about $214 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$81.28$64.57 to $195
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$214$120 to $1,514

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $214 · 10th to 90th $78 to $2,344Professionalmedian $81 · 10th to 90th $51 to $676
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $214professional $81

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
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$97.72
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$851.14
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$38.02
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$812.83
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,090.30
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$173.78
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$41.69
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$109.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$45.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$912.01
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
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$616.60

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 49th of 51

$81.28

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.