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Exchange of a Kidney-to-Bladder Stent

Iowa rates for HCPCS 50382

An indwelling stent running from the kidney down to the bladder is snared, pulled out, and replaced with a new one, working through a small track in the skin over the kidney under X-ray guidance. These stents keep urine draining past a blockage and have to be swapped periodically before they crust over. The imaging supervision and interpretation are part of the service.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Exchange of a Kidney-to-Bladder Stent cost?

$3,893

Typical total for the visit. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,893 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,549 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,344 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,549$550 to $2,455
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,344$1,622 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $759 to $5,888Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $437 to $3,388
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,344professional $1,549

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
$602.56
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,884.03
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,454.71
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$5,495.41
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$8,317.64
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,818.38
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,187.76
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,162.28
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$2,238.72

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 3.8 times more in Oklahoma than in Maryland. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Iowa· 8th of 51

$3,893

$1,549 physician + $2,344 facility

OK $6,359MD $1,673

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.