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Kidney Vein Dye X-Ray, One Side

Virginia 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?

$135

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $135 from a physician practice, and about $186 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$135$112 to $170
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$186$102 to $457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $186 · 10th to 90th $60 to $776Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $81 to $316
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $186professional $135

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
$114.82
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$141.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$616.60
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$169.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$75.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$138.04
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$158.49
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$67.61
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$537.03
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$173.78
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$70.79
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$102.33
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$851.14
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$524.81
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$616.60
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$120.23
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$102.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$562.34
4 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
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
27 · Multiple hospital visits
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 43rd of 51

$135

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.