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Kidney Vein Dye X-Ray, One Side

New Jersey 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 New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $151 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $151 from a physician practice, and about $275 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$151$115 to $229
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$275$170 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $275 · 10th to 90th $162 to $12,882Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $89 to $324
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $275professional $151

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
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$309.03
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$186.21
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$75.86
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$107.15
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$13,803.84
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$17,378.01
Typical High
$27,542.29
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$363.08
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$89.13
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$204.17
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
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 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.