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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 July 2026.

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

$806

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $806 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 to the doctor who performs it, and $417 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$389$170 to $1,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$417$97.72 to $1,259

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $417 · 10th to 90th $62 to $2,512Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $60 to $1,738
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $417professional $389

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. 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
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$660.69
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,737.80
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$2,454.71
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,949.84
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,737.80
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,348.96

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 11.5 times more in New Jersey than in West Virginia. 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· 44th of 49

$806

$389 physician + $417 facility

NJ $5,110WV $443

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.