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Kidney Vein Dye X-Ray, One Side

Illinois 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?

$170

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $170 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $166 from a physician practice, and about $724 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$166$117 to $219
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$724$214 to $1,905

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $724 · 10th to 90th $145 to $4,571Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $79 to $589
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $724professional $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
$104.71
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$141.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$74.13
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$562.34
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$933.25
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$446.68
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$588.84
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$158.49
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$52.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$323.59
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
$51.29
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 32nd of 51

$170

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.