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

Delaware 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?

$3,552

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,552 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $316 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$316$58.88 to $389
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$2,239 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $5,012Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $54 to $589
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,236professional $316

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$588.84
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,041.74
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$588.84

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 7th of 49

$3,552

$316 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.