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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 July 2026.

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

$2,628

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,628 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 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$389$77.62 to $617
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$1,000 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $240 to $6,761Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $58 to $1,023
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $2,239professional $389

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,202.26
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$691.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$3,235.94
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,778.28
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,148.15
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,000.00
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$933.25

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 11.5 times more in New Jersey than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeIowa $2,628 · 17th of 49
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.