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Removal Of A Kidney Drainage Tube, With X-ray Guidance

Alaska rates for HCPCS 50389

A tube that was placed through the skin directly into the kidney to drain urine is removed, using live X-ray imaging to guide the process and confirm it comes out safely. This is used when a temporary kidney drainage tube is no longer needed.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Kidney Drainage Tube, With X-ray Guidance cost?

$1,305

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,305 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $372 to the doctor who performs it, and $933 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$372$209 to $1,660
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$933$724 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $427 to $5,888Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $74 to $1,660
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $933professional $372

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$575.44
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$2,454.71
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$2,511.89
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,202.26
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$1,659.59
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,511.89
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,348.96

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 5.7 times more in New York 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

Alaska· 12th of 51

$1,305

$372 physician + $933 facility

NY $2,925MD $509

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.