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Exchange of a Kidney Drainage Tube Through the Skin

Maryland rates for HCPCS 50387

Removes an existing drainage tube that runs from the kidney down the ureter and is accessible at the skin, and replaces it with a new one. It is done with X-ray guidance so the replacement can be threaded along the same track and its position confirmed. Tubes are changed on a schedule to stop them clogging or becoming a source of infection.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Exchange of a Kidney Drainage Tube Through the Skin cost?

$513

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $513 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $91.20 to $794.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $912 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,622Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $78 to $933
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $912professional $178

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$645.65
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,023.29
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,202.26
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$870.96

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 8.1 times more in Alaska than in Nebraska. 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.

Maryland· 39th of 51

$513

AK $1,288NE $158

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.