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Exchange of a Kidney Drainage Tube Through the Skin

Washington 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?

$1,988

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,988 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,175 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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$813$245 to $1,202
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,175$759 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $631 to $7,762Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $126 to $1,585
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,175professional $813

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
$524.81
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$20,892.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$831.76
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$11,748.98
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,445.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,905.46
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,548.82
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,148.15
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,659.59
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$741.31
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$11,220.18
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,445.44
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$758.58
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$16,982.44

Where Washington 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

Washington· 21st of 51

$1,988

$813 physician + $1,175 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.