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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 July 2026.

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

$2,675

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,675 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $331 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,344 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$331$61.66 to $468
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,344$1,230 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $479 to $5,623Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $52 to $759
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,344professional $331

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
$1,148.15
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$758.58
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$616.60
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$562.34

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 16th of 49

$2,675

$331 physician + $2,344 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.