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X-ray of urethra and bladder with dye inserted

CPT 74450the billing code this page is about

X-ray imaging of the urethra and bladder after contrast dye is introduced backward through the urethral opening.

Hospitals typically charge $534 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,447 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $562. Most fall between $282 and $971 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,447
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 2,447 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
$206$323$534$857$1,436

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($206 vs $1,436).

How the prices are spread

$142 – $187: 87 hospitals$142$187 – $246: 136 hospitals$246 – $325: 273 hospitals$246$325 – $428: 317 hospitals$428 – $564: 352 hospitals$428$564 – $743: 356 hospitals$743 – $980: 321 hospitals$743$980 – $1,291: 179 hospitals$1,291 – $1,702: 106 hospitals$1,291$1,702 – $2,243: 76 hospitals$1,702median $534price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,203 of 2,447 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$142$18787
$187$246136
$246$325273
$325$428317
$428$564352
$564$743356
$743$980321
$980$1,291179
$1,291$1,702106
$1,702$2,24376

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$244
Median cash price$534
Cash as a multiple of Medicare2.2×

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 $534.

Alaska: median $573 across 10 hospitalsAK$573Maine: median $371 across 19 hospitalsME$371Vermont: median $1,021 across 10 hospitalsVT$1,021New Hampshire: median $979 across 11 hospitalsNH$979Washington: median $612 across 51 hospitalsWA$612Idaho: median $742 across 17 hospitalsID$742Montana: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $358 across 48 hospitalsMN$358Illinois: median $601 across 92 hospitalsIL$601Wisconsin: median $419 across 87 hospitalsWI$419Michigan: median $400 across 67 hospitalsMI$400New York: median $551 across 81 hospitalsNY$551Massachusetts: median $796 across 42 hospitalsMA$796Oregon: median $626 across 34 hospitalsOR$626Nevada: median $580 across 14 hospitalsNV$580Wyoming: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $906 across 12 hospitalsSD$906Iowa: median $477 across 36 hospitalsIA$477Indiana: median $476 across 72 hospitalsIN$476Ohio: median $614 across 126 hospitalsOH$614Pennsylvania: median $524 across 101 hospitalsPA$524New Jersey: median $309 across 53 hospitalsNJ$309Connecticut: median $603 across 17 hospitalsCT$603Rhode Island: median $784 across 10 hospitalsRI$784California: median $779 across 193 hospitalsCA$779Utah: median $593 across 35 hospitalsUT$593Colorado: median $804 across 52 hospitalsCO$804Nebraska: median $568 across 35 hospitalsNE$568Missouri: median $469 across 54 hospitalsMO$469Kentucky: median $458 across 39 hospitalsKY$458West Virginia: median $688 across 19 hospitalsWV$688Virginia: median $514 across 57 hospitalsVA$514Maryland: median $101 across 23 hospitalsMD$101Delaware: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $329 across 47 hospitalsAZ$329New Mexico: median $365 across 17 hospitalsNM$365Kansas: median $480 across 34 hospitalsKS$480Arkansas: median $226 across 19 hospitalsAR$226Tennessee: median $280 across 63 hospitalsTN$280North Carolina: median $420 across 84 hospitalsNC$420South Carolina: median $592 across 49 hospitalsSC$592Oklahoma: median $374 across 42 hospitalsOK$374Louisiana: median $315 across 43 hospitalsLA$315Mississippi: median $250 across 34 hospitalsMS$250Alabama: median $356 across 26 hospitalsAL$356Georgia: median $348 across 79 hospitalsGA$348Hawaii: median $802 across 16 hospitalsHI$802Texas: median $634 across 194 hospitalsTX$634Florida: median $1,153 across 152 hospitalsFL$1,153
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $534. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL152$1,153+116%$503 – $2,934
Vermont VT10$1,021+91%$476 – $1,392
New Hampshire NH11$979+83%$592 – $1,513
South Dakota SD12$906+70%$846 – $918
Colorado CO52$804+51%$338 – $2,406
Hawaii HI16$802+50%$611 – $929
Massachusetts MA42$796+49%$491 – $1,186
Rhode Island RI10$784+47%$354 – $800
California CA193$779+46%$405 – $1,362
Idaho ID17$742+39%$534 – $1,001
West Virginia WV19$688+29%$411 – $1,169
Texas TX194$634+19%$464 – $1,183
Oregon OR34$626+17%$196 – $828
Ohio OH126$614+15%$414 – $1,003
Washington WA51$612+15%$383 – $860
Connecticut CT17$603+13%$444 – $904
Illinois IL92$601+13%$371 – $1,009
Utah UT35$593+11%$534 – $649
South Carolina SC49$592+11%$408 – $772
Nevada NV14$580+9%$405 – $1,050
Alaska AK10$573+7%$77 – $1,436
Nebraska NE35$568+6%$262 – $763
New York NY81$551+3%$286 – $851
Pennsylvania PA101$524−2%$271 – $1,310
Virginia VA57$514−4%$337 – $748
Kansas KS34$480−10%$250 – $1,079
Iowa IA36$477−11%$275 – $722
Indiana IN72$476−11%$283 – $657
Missouri MO54$469−12%$352 – $758
Kentucky KY39$458−14%$254 – $955
North Carolina NC84$420−21%$275 – $578
Wisconsin WI87$419−21%$154 – $616
Michigan MI67$400−25%$236 – $704
Oklahoma OK42$374−30%$257 – $699
Maine ME19$371−30%$166 – $705
New Mexico NM17$365−32%$278 – $593
Minnesota MN48$358−33%$198 – $577
Alabama AL26$356−33%$262 – $642
Georgia GA79$348−35%$254 – $781
Arizona AZ47$329−38%$247 – $1,634
Louisiana LA43$315−41%$161 – $523
New Jersey NJ53$309−42%$264 – $450
Tennessee TN63$280−47%$130 – $605
Mississippi MS34$250−53%$170 – $372
Arkansas AR19$226−58%$133 – $403
Maryland MD23$101−81%$68 – $148
North Dakota ND9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE5not 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 $534.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care2,033$543$283 – $1,009
Children’s48$711$434 – $1,293
Critical access357$491$257 – $828
Ownership
For-profit359$788$344 – $2,257
Government329$443$260 – $779
Non-profit1,750$517$283 – $900
System affiliation
Part of a system2,094$548$285 – $1,001
Independent353$461$252 – $830

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$998
Median cash price$534
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

1,782 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $562 and the average of the middle 60% is $580; most fall between $311 and $918.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,782 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
$224$353$562$846$1,265

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($224 vs $1,265).

Of the 1,953 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,782 gave a usable cash price; 91 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 79 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,447 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (62%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,709 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,447
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here170
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded90
Hospitals that filed this code2,709

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 Urethrocystography Retrograde Rs&I|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, “X-ray of urethra and bladder with dye inserted (CPT 74450) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-74450-x-ray-of-urethra-and-bladder-with-dye-inserted