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Kidney Vein Dye X-Ray, One Side

Minnesota 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?

$245

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $245 from a physician practice, and about $776 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$245$182 to $355
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$776$120 to $1,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $120 to $7,413Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $132 to $692
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $776professional $245

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
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$1,380.38
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$173.78
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$12,022.64
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$338.84
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$954.99
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$389.05
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$562.34
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$354.81
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$144.54
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$208.93
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$7,585.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$3,311.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$575.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$275.42
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$181.97

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 9th of 51

$245

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.