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X-ray study of a kidney cyst with dye through the back

CPT 74470the billing code this page is about

X-ray imaging of a kidney cyst after contrast dye is placed into it through a needle passed through the flank or back.

Hospitals typically charge $707 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 983 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $771. Most fall between $333 and $1,495 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
983
States
49
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – 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 983 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
$199$395$707$1,268$2,484

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($199 vs $2,484).

How the prices are spread

$106 – $149: 21 hospitals$106$149 – $211: 39 hospitals$211 – $298: 50 hospitals$211$298 – $421: 95 hospitals$421 – $595: 154 hospitals$421$595 – $840: 184 hospitals$840 – $1,187: 118 hospitals$840$1,187 – $1,678: 109 hospitals$1,678 – $2,371: 59 hospitals$1,678$2,371 – $3,350: 57 hospitals$2,371median $707price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (886 of 983 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$106$14921
$149$21139
$211$29850
$298$42195
$421$595154
$595$840184
$840$1,187118
$1,187$1,678109
$1,678$2,37159
$2,371$3,35057

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$558
Median cash price$707
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.27×

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 $707.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $594 across 22 hospitalsWA$594Idaho: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $206 across 19 hospitalsMN$206Illinois: median $871 across 48 hospitalsIL$871Wisconsin: median $634 across 48 hospitalsWI$634Michigan: median $550 across 26 hospitalsMI$550New York: median $649 across 39 hospitalsNY$649Massachusetts: median $2,147 across 14 hospitalsMA$2,147Oregon: median $784 across 15 hospitalsOR$784Nevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $62 across 17 hospitalsIA$62Indiana: median $933 across 20 hospitalsIN$933Ohio: median $861 across 44 hospitalsOH$861Pennsylvania: median $569 across 36 hospitalsPA$569New Jersey: median $607 across 30 hospitalsNJ$607Connecticut: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $1,240 across 99 hospitalsCA$1,240Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: median $1,049 across 26 hospitalsCO$1,049Nebraska: median $810 across 13 hospitalsNE$810Missouri: median $1,005 across 18 hospitalsMO$1,005Kentucky: median $2,205 across 11 hospitalsKY$2,205West Virginia: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $378 across 29 hospitalsVA$378Maryland: median $92 across 12 hospitalsMD$92Delaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $582 across 18 hospitalsAZ$582New Mexico: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $199 across 15 hospitalsTN$199North Carolina: median $545 across 33 hospitalsNC$545South Carolina: median $878 across 18 hospitalsSC$878Oklahoma: median $41 across 12 hospitalsOK$41Louisiana: median $290 across 12 hospitalsLA$290Mississippi: median $307 across 20 hospitalsMS$307Alabama: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $467 across 33 hospitalsGA$467Hawaii: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $779 across 93 hospitalsTX$779Florida: median $1,645 across 68 hospitalsFL$1,645
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $707. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Kentucky KY11$2,205+212%$358 – $2,205
Massachusetts MA14$2,147+204%$330 – $4,135
Florida FL68$1,645+133%$591 – $4,095
California CA99$1,240+75%$698 – $1,495
Colorado CO26$1,049+48%$977 – $2,783
Missouri MO18$1,005+42%$272 – $1,469
Indiana IN20$933+32%$591 – $1,238
South Carolina SC18$878+24%$529 – $4,469
Illinois IL48$871+23%$367 – $1,331
Ohio OH44$861+22%$436 – $2,324
Nebraska NE13$810+15%$339 – $884
Oregon OR15$784+11%$46 – $1,301
Texas TX93$779+10%$299 – $1,062
New York NY39$649−8%$558 – $1,580
Wisconsin WI48$634−10%$386 – $1,080
New Jersey NJ30$607−14%$293 – $845
Washington WA22$594−16%$482 – $1,062
Arizona AZ18$582−18%$393 – $2,689
Pennsylvania PA36$569−20%$296 – $744
Michigan MI26$550−22%$546 – $751
North Carolina NC33$545−23%$333 – $651
Georgia GA33$467−34%$257 – $467
Virginia VA29$378−47%$305 – $745
Mississippi MS20$307−57%$142 – $421
Louisiana LA12$290−59%$95 – $422
Minnesota MN19$206−71%$106 – $792
Tennessee TN15$199−72%$154 – $397
Maryland MD12$92−87%$69 – $127
Iowa IA17$62−91%$62 – $783
Oklahoma OK12$41−94%$41 – $1,118
Kansas KS8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not 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 $707.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care880$707$337 – $1,561
Children’s18fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access80$561$199 – $1,080
Ownership
For-profit139$1,002$510 – $2,709
Government113$545$257 – $898
Non-profit726$707$333 – $1,451
System affiliation
Part of a system880$707$333 – $1,495
Independent103$659$316 – $1,511

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,313
Median cash price$707
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

722 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $760 and the average of the middle 60% is $810; most fall between $358 and $1,551.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 722 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
$215$431$760$1,319$2,333

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($215 vs $2,333).

Of the 799 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 722 gave a usable cash price; 47 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 29 a list price only.

How complete is this

983 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (25%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,098 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted983
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here78
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded36
Hospitals that filed this code1,098

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 Radex Renal Cyst Study Translumbar Rs&I.

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 study of a kidney cyst with dye through the back (CPT 74470) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-74470-x-ray-study-of-a-kidney-cyst-with-dye-through-the-back