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Exchange of a Kidney Drainage Tube Through the Skin

Texas 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?

$2,257

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,257 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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 11 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$479$95.50 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$1,047 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $759 to $4,467Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $81 to $4,266
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,778professional $479

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
$630.96
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$741.31
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
BCBS Texas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$4,677.35
BCBS Texas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$954.99
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$776.25
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,466.84
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,248.07
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$724.44
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$575.44
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$4,466.84
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$831.76
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81

Where Texas sits

The same service costs 6.0 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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

Texas· 17th of 51

$2,257

$479 physician + $1,778 facility

CO $4,844MT $801

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.