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Kidney Vein Dye X-Ray, One Side

Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $186 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $191 from a physician practice, and about $138 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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$191$135 to $437
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$138$93.33 to $468

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $138 · 10th to 90th $69 to $5,495Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $93 to $3,311
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $138professional $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
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$173.78
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$6,165.95
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$3,311.31
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$575.44
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$2,884.03
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$6,025.60
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$13,489.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$316.23
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$194.98
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$194.98
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$501.19
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$158.49
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$257.04
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$6,165.95
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$3,311.31
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$575.44
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$489.78
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$190.55
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$89.13
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$128.82
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$218.78
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
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$173.78

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 26th 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.