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Kidney Vein Dye X-Ray, One Side

Arkansas 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?

$186

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $186 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $166 from a physician practice, and about $2,630 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$166$162 to $204
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,630$2,630 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $1,820 to $3,890Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $138 to $240
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,630professional $166

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
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$128.82
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,630.78
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$87.10
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$467.74
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$102.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$489.78
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
$52.48
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 27th of 51

$186

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.