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Kidney Vein Dye X-Ray, One Side

Colorado 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?

$200

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $191 from a physician practice, and about $309 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$191$148 to $251
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$309$257 to $617

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $309 · 10th to 90th $126 to $6,310Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $123 to $347
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $309professional $191

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
$120.23
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$173.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$616.60
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$309.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$123.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$12,589.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$323.59
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$676.08
Denver HMP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$269.15
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$109.65
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$162.18
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$257.04
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13,803.84
Median
$14,454.40
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$114.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$316.23
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
$52.48
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 20th of 51

$200

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.