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Kidney Vein Dye X-Ray, One Side

Iowa 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?

$245

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $240 from a physician practice, and about $617 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$240$166 to $316
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$617$372 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $234 to $8,318Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $123 to $891
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $617professional $240

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
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$218.78
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$851.14
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$251.19
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$758.58
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$7,585.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$3,311.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$575.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$2,818.38
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$316.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$134.90
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$177.83
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$186.21
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$239.88
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$100.00
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$138.04
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
$53.70
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$93.33

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 10th of 51

$245

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.