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Kidney Vein Dye X-Ray, One Side

Michigan 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?

$174

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $174 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $174 from a physician practice, and about $174 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$174$138 to $195
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$174$138 to $275

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $174 · 10th to 90th $115 to $447Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $107 to $234
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $174professional $174

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
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$141.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$74.13
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$426.58
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$446.68
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$295.12
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$213.80
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$77.62
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$141.25
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$602.56
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$117.49
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$77.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$288.40
5 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
$57.54
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$144.54
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 30th of 51

$174

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.