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

Colorado 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?

$3,414

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,414 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $178 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$178$63.10 to $427
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$1,995 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $417 to $6,607Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $54 to $676
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $178

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
$416.87
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$549.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$741.31
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$676.08
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$588.84
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$870.96
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$69.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$741.31

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 9th of 49

$3,414

$178 physician + $3,236 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.