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Kidney Vein Dye X-Ray, One Side

Alabama rates for HCPCS 75831

X-ray imaging of the vein draining one kidney. A thin tube is threaded through a vein up into the kidney vein and contrast dye is injected so the vessel shows up on the pictures. It is used to look for a clot, a narrowing, or abnormal vessels around that kidney.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Kidney Vein Dye X-Ray, One Side cost?

$155

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $155 from a physician practice, and about $2,692 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$155$135 to $186
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,692$2,630 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $2,630 to $3,802Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $110 to $407
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,692professional $155

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
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
32 · Mandated service
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$77.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$363.08
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
$54.95
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 4.9 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.

Alabama· 35th of 51

$155

AK $372UT $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.