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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 October 2026.

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

$720

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $720 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $263 to the doctor who performs it, and $457 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$263$58.88 to $457
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$457$347 to $891

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $457 · 10th to 90th $229 to $1,698Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $54 to $589
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $457professional $263

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$588.84
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$588.84

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 46th of 51

$720

$263 physician + $457 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.