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

Iowa 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?

$1,338

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,338 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $813 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$525$117 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$813$575 to $1,862

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $813 · 10th to 90th $240 to $3,802Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $85 to $1,148
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $813professional $525

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
$575.44
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,148.15
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$812.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,041.74
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$3,019.95
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,148.15
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$660.69
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,023.29
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$933.25

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 11th of 51

$1,338

$525 physician + $813 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.