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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 October 2026.

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

$2,600

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,600 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $309 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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$309$77.62 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$1,000 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $457 to $5,129Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $63 to $871
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,291professional $309

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
$104.71
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$758.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,370.32
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$691.83
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$660.69
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$691.83
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$870.96
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$741.31

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 2nd of 51

$2,600

$309 physician + $2,291 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.