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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 October 2026.

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

$814

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $814 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $251 to the doctor who performs it, and $562 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$251$66.07 to $417
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$562$550 to $562

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $562 · 10th to 90th $363 to $1,413Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $54 to $724
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $562professional $251

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
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
32 · Mandated service
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$489.78
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
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 44th of 51

$814

$251 physician + $562 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.