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

Connecticut 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?

$2,201

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,201 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $251 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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$251$87.10 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$759 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $575 to $6,026Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $65 to $794
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,950professional $251

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
$3,235.94
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$549.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,762.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$794.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$870.96
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$794.33
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 3rd of 51

$2,201

$251 physician + $1,950 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.