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

Alabama 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?

$924

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $924 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $148 to the doctor who performs it, and $776 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$148$64.57 to $501
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$776$575 to $1,259

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $513 to $2,042Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $52 to $724
$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $776professional $148

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$512.86

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 11.5 times more in New Jersey than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeAlabama $924 · 37th of 49
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.