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

Arkansas 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?

$900

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $900 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $269 to the doctor who performs it, and $631 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$269$70.79 to $398
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$631$324 to $708

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $631 · 10th to 90th $288 to $1,072Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $54 to $562
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $631professional $269

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
$74.13
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$446.68
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$79.43
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$691.83
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$660.69

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 33rd of 51

$900

$269 physician + $631 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.