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Procedure price report · Other diagnostic radiology and related techniques

Contrast X-ray of kidney and ureter through new access

CPT 50430the billing code this page is about

Contrast dye is injected into the kidney's collecting system through a needle placed through the skin for the first time, with imaging guidance, to produce X-ray pictures of the kidney and ureter.

Hospitals typically charge $1,188 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,703 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,291. Most fall between $659 and $2,202 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,703
States
50
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 1,703 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$427$745$1,188$1,996$3,207

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($427 vs $3,207).

How the prices are spread

$284 – $373: 56 hospitals$284$373 – $490: 73 hospitals$490 – $644: 104 hospitals$490$644 – $847: 213 hospitals$847 – $1,113: 252 hospitals$847$1,113 – $1,463: 208 hospitals$1,463 – $1,923: 271 hospitals$1,463$1,923 – $2,527: 176 hospitals$2,527 – $3,321: 97 hospitals$2,527$3,321 – $4,364: 85 hospitals$3,321median $1,188price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,535 of 1,703 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$284$37356
$373$49073
$490$644104
$644$847213
$847$1,113252
$1,113$1,463208
$1,463$1,923271
$1,923$2,527176
$2,527$3,32197
$3,321$4,36485

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$712
Median cash price$1,188
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.67×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,188.

Alaska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,040 across 40 hospitalsWA$1,040Idaho: median $1,858 across 12 hospitalsID$1,858Montana: median $940 across 13 hospitalsMT$940North Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,076 across 26 hospitalsMN$1,076Illinois: median $974 across 73 hospitalsIL$974Wisconsin: median $1,030 across 59 hospitalsWI$1,030Michigan: median $914 across 55 hospitalsMI$914New York: median $870 across 65 hospitalsNY$870Massachusetts: median $1,386 across 27 hospitalsMA$1,386Oregon: median $1,188 across 35 hospitalsOR$1,188Nevada: median $840 across 12 hospitalsNV$840Wyoming: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,233 across 19 hospitalsIA$1,233Indiana: median $1,298 across 52 hospitalsIN$1,298Ohio: median $1,668 across 100 hospitalsOH$1,668Pennsylvania: median $1,266 across 90 hospitalsPA$1,266New Jersey: median $2,073 across 52 hospitalsNJ$2,073Connecticut: median $1,240 across 17 hospitalsCT$1,240Rhode Island: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $1,652 across 145 hospitalsCA$1,652Utah: median $1,872 across 26 hospitalsUT$1,872Colorado: median $1,636 across 37 hospitalsCO$1,636Nebraska: median $849 across 15 hospitalsNE$849Missouri: median $1,153 across 41 hospitalsMO$1,153Kentucky: median $1,012 across 14 hospitalsKY$1,012West Virginia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $1,395 across 38 hospitalsVA$1,395Maryland: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $898 across 33 hospitalsAZ$898New Mexico: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $620 across 17 hospitalsKS$620Arkansas: median $795 across 12 hospitalsAR$795Tennessee: median $535 across 35 hospitalsTN$535North Carolina: median $1,104 across 41 hospitalsNC$1,104South Carolina: median $1,529 across 34 hospitalsSC$1,529Oklahoma: median $702 across 29 hospitalsOK$702Louisiana: median $838 across 26 hospitalsLA$838Mississippi: median $535 across 22 hospitalsMS$535Alabama: median $905 across 25 hospitalsAL$905Georgia: median $1,131 across 62 hospitalsGA$1,131Hawaii: median $717 across 11 hospitalsHI$717Texas: median $1,657 across 142 hospitalsTX$1,657Florida: median $1,466 across 82 hospitalsFL$1,466
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,188. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ52$2,073+75%$739 – $4,627
Utah UT26$1,872+58%$1,872 – $2,202
Idaho ID12$1,858+56%$1,099 – $1,858
Ohio OH100$1,668+40%$898 – $2,176
Texas TX142$1,657+40%$1,105 – $2,454
California CA145$1,652+39%$860 – $3,623
Colorado CO37$1,636+38%$928 – $3,949
South Carolina SC34$1,529+29%$807 – $2,282
Florida FL82$1,466+23%$869 – $2,861
Virginia VA38$1,395+17%$702 – $1,644
Massachusetts MA27$1,386+17%$924 – $2,396
Indiana IN52$1,298+9%$829 – $1,838
Pennsylvania PA90$1,266+7%$712 – $2,753
Connecticut CT17$1,240+4%$1,047 – $2,016
Iowa IA19$1,233+4%$647 – $1,633
Oregon OR35$1,1880%$715 – $1,865
Missouri MO41$1,153−3%$637 – $2,187
Georgia GA62$1,131−5%$596 – $1,977
North Carolina NC41$1,104−7%$651 – $1,681
Minnesota MN26$1,076−9%$708 – $1,569
Washington WA40$1,040−12%$486 – $1,502
Wisconsin WI59$1,030−13%$899 – $1,831
Kentucky KY14$1,012−15%$470 – $2,680
Illinois IL73$974−18%$641 – $2,048
Montana MT13$940−21%$523 – $1,141
Michigan MI55$914−23%$171 – $1,707
Alabama AL25$905−24%$622 – $3,557
Arizona AZ33$898−24%$672 – $6,037
New York NY65$870−27%$623 – $1,966
Nebraska NE15$849−29%$622 – $1,185
Nevada NV12$840−29%$549 – $2,438
Louisiana LA26$838−29%$332 – $1,123
Arkansas AR12$795−33%$221 – $1,429
Hawaii HI11$717−40%$589 – $820
Oklahoma OK29$702−41%$430 – $1,146
Kansas KS17$620−48%$319 – $776
Mississippi MS22$535−55%$355 – $924
Tennessee TN35$535−55%$353 – $766
Rhode Island RI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $1,188.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,498$1,192$668 – $2,202
Children’s40$1,491$635 – $2,325
Critical access157$1,065$628 – $1,872
Ownership
For-profit172$1,259$648 – $2,659
Government217$909$486 – $1,692
Non-profit1,306$1,240$702 – $2,202
System affiliation
Part of a system1,477$1,235$696 – $2,282
Independent226$1,040$486 – $1,756

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,197
Median cash price$1,188
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,310 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,394 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,392; most fall between $702 and $2,302.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,310 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$465$807$1,394$2,048$3,224

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($465 vs $3,224).

Of the 1,405 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,310 gave a usable cash price; 37 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 57 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,703 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (43%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,825 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,703
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here56
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded63
Hospitals that filed this code1,825

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other diagnostic radiology and related techniques family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Njx Px Antegrde Nfrosgrm &/Urtrgrm New Access.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Contrast X-ray of kidney and ureter through new access (CPT 50430) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-50430-contrast-x-ray-of-kidney-and-ureter-through-new-access