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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 July 2026.

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

$912

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $912 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $117 to the doctor who performs it, and $794 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$117$64.57 to $372
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$794$589 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $112 to $1,820Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $50 to $562
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $794professional $117

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
$75.86
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$562.34
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$75.86
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$691.83
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$616.60

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 38th of 49

$912

$117 physician + $794 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.