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Kidney Vein Dye X-Ray, One Side

Louisiana 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?

$151

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $151 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $148 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$148$117 to $162
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,692$437 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $282 to $6,761Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $78 to $331
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,692professional $148

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
$85.11
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$104.71
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,760.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$77.62
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$93.33
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$114.82
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$407.38
6 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$128.82

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 37th of 51

$151

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.