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Kidney Vein Dye X-Ray, One Side

Maryland 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?

$120

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $107 to $155.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $48 to $251
$50$100$200$500professional $120

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
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$117.49
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$134.90
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$239.88
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$234.42
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$77.62
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$114.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$346.74
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$194.98
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$79.43
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$117.49
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
$53.70
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 47th of 51

$120

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.