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

Arizona 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?

$1,063

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,063 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $355 to the doctor who performs it, and $708 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$355$56.23 to $447
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$708$417 to $1,660

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $339 to $3,388Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $50 to $1,514
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $708professional $355

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
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$501.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,570.40
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$524.81

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 20th of 51

$1,063

$355 physician + $708 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.