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Kidney and ureter X-ray with dye placed from below

CPT 74420the billing code this page is about

X-ray imaging of the kidneys and ureters after contrast dye is instilled upward through the bladder or ureter, with or without a plain abdominal view.

Hospitals typically charge $702 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,587 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $717. Most fall between $384 and $1,178 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,587
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – 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 2,587 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
$243$425$702$1,073$1,773

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($243 vs $1,773).

How the prices are spread

$168 – $221: 89 hospitals$168$221 – $290: 128 hospitals$290 – $381: 163 hospitals$290$381 – $501: 342 hospitals$501 – $658: 351 hospitals$501$658 – $864: 461 hospitals$864 – $1,135: 369 hospitals$864$1,135 – $1,491: 192 hospitals$1,491 – $1,959: 153 hospitals$1,491$1,959 – $2,573: 81 hospitals$1,959median $702price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,329 of 2,587 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$168$22189
$221$290128
$290$381163
$381$501342
$501$658351
$658$864461
$864$1,135369
$1,135$1,491192
$1,491$1,959153
$1,959$2,57381

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$356
Median cash price$702
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.97×

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 $702.

Alaska: median $476 across 10 hospitalsAK$476Maine: median $596 across 22 hospitalsME$596Vermont: median $1,312 across 10 hospitalsVT$1,312New Hampshire: median $1,231 across 17 hospitalsNH$1,231Washington: median $812 across 50 hospitalsWA$812Idaho: median $835 across 18 hospitalsID$835Montana: median $512 across 10 hospitalsMT$512North Dakota: median $615 across 13 hospitalsND$615Minnesota: median $484 across 71 hospitalsMN$484Illinois: median $855 across 110 hospitalsIL$855Wisconsin: median $709 across 95 hospitalsWI$709Michigan: median $480 across 80 hospitalsMI$480New York: median $470 across 98 hospitalsNY$470Massachusetts: median $1,013 across 42 hospitalsMA$1,013Oregon: median $808 across 36 hospitalsOR$808Nevada: median $902 across 17 hospitalsNV$902Wyoming: median $926 across 11 hospitalsWY$926South Dakota: median $1,085 across 14 hospitalsSD$1,085Iowa: median $535 across 48 hospitalsIA$535Indiana: median $622 across 65 hospitalsIN$622Ohio: median $811 across 132 hospitalsOH$811Pennsylvania: median $599 across 111 hospitalsPA$599New Jersey: median $404 across 52 hospitalsNJ$404Connecticut: median $855 across 20 hospitalsCT$855Rhode Island: median $705 across 10 hospitalsRI$705California: median $908 across 194 hospitalsCA$908Utah: median $716 across 37 hospitalsUT$716Colorado: median $607 across 45 hospitalsCO$607Nebraska: median $706 across 36 hospitalsNE$706Missouri: median $601 across 57 hospitalsMO$601Kentucky: median $700 across 41 hospitalsKY$700West Virginia: median $756 across 29 hospitalsWV$756Virginia: median $685 across 57 hospitalsVA$685Maryland: median $988 across 33 hospitalsMD$988Delaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $422 across 48 hospitalsAZ$422New Mexico: median $684 across 15 hospitalsNM$684Kansas: median $521 across 42 hospitalsKS$521Arkansas: median $201 across 18 hospitalsAR$201Tennessee: median $227 across 60 hospitalsTN$227North Carolina: median $644 across 77 hospitalsNC$644South Carolina: median $744 across 46 hospitalsSC$744Oklahoma: median $490 across 46 hospitalsOK$490Louisiana: median $423 across 45 hospitalsLA$423Mississippi: median $297 across 30 hospitalsMS$297Alabama: median $411 across 29 hospitalsAL$411Georgia: median $514 across 82 hospitalsGA$514Hawaii: median $811 across 13 hospitalsHI$811Texas: median $847 across 195 hospitalsTX$847Florida: median $1,292 across 146 hospitalsFL$1,292
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $702. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Vermont VT10$1,312+87%$214 – $2,133
Florida FL146$1,292+84%$674 – $3,979
New Hampshire NH17$1,231+75%$618 – $2,074
South Dakota SD14$1,085+55%$911 – $1,170
Massachusetts MA42$1,013+44%$608 – $1,563
Maryland MD33$988+41%$654 – $1,285
Wyoming WY11$926+32%$333 – $1,081
California CA194$908+29%$512 – $1,855
Nevada NV17$902+29%$393 – $1,610
Connecticut CT20$855+22%$507 – $1,053
Illinois IL110$855+22%$281 – $1,263
Texas TX195$847+21%$539 – $1,953
Idaho ID18$835+19%$680 – $1,220
Washington WA50$812+16%$538 – $1,283
Ohio OH132$811+15%$576 – $1,372
Hawaii HI13$811+15%$762 – $874
Oregon OR36$808+15%$289 – $944
West Virginia WV29$756+8%$425 – $1,104
South Carolina SC46$744+6%$591 – $975
Utah UT37$716+2%$716 – $820
Wisconsin WI95$709+1%$244 – $925
Nebraska NE36$706+1%$477 – $886
Rhode Island RI10$7050%$595 – $982
Kentucky KY41$7000%$328 – $1,843
Virginia VA57$685−2%$494 – $965
New Mexico NM15$684−3%$272 – $1,069
North Carolina NC77$644−8%$444 – $970
Indiana IN65$622−11%$258 – $898
North Dakota ND13$615−12%$501 – $1,008
Colorado CO45$607−14%$387 – $1,090
Missouri MO57$601−14%$352 – $970
Pennsylvania PA111$599−15%$371 – $1,410
Maine ME22$596−15%$362 – $1,051
Iowa IA48$535−24%$396 – $821
Kansas KS42$521−26%$354 – $894
Georgia GA82$514−27%$358 – $727
Montana MT10$512−27%$235 – $570
Oklahoma OK46$490−30%$292 – $872
Minnesota MN71$484−31%$279 – $775
Michigan MI80$480−32%$296 – $1,038
Alaska AK10$476−32%$236 – $1,090
New York NY98$470−33%$243 – $1,095
Louisiana LA45$423−40%$223 – $824
Arizona AZ48$422−40%$259 – $1,465
Alabama AL29$411−41%$288 – $793
New Jersey NJ52$404−42%$295 – $1,092
Mississippi MS30$297−58%$130 – $470
Tennessee TN60$227−68%$166 – $613
Arkansas AR18$201−71%$168 – $685
Delaware DE4not 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 $702.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care2,075$717$392 – $1,272
Children’s40$812$468 – $1,162
Critical access463$617$288 – $990
Ownership
For-profit378$908$467 – $2,702
Government374$595$330 – $1,026
Non-profit1,826$697$379 – $1,102
System affiliation
Part of a system2,172$719$396 – $1,225
Independent415$583$295 – $1,007

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,199
Median cash price$702
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

1,874 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $720 and the average of the middle 60% is $735; most fall between $399 and $1,134.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,874 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
$259$451$720$1,053$1,587

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.1× what the cheapest tenth charges ($259 vs $1,587).

Of the 2,071 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,874 gave a usable cash price; 105 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 92 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,587 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (65%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,867 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,587
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here178
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded102
Hospitals that filed this code2,867

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 July 20, 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 Urography Retrograde With/WO Kub|PROFESSIONAL COMPONENT.

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, “Kidney and ureter X-ray with dye placed from below (CPT 74420) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-74420-kidney-and-ureter-x-ray-with-dye-placed-from-below