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

Idaho 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?

$1,495

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,495 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $347 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,148 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$347$69.18 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,148$501 to $1,622

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $129 to $4,467Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $59 to $776
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $1,148professional $347

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
$144.54
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,778.28
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,630.27
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$707.95
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$933.25
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$794.33
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,238.72
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,388.44
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$691.83
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,412.54
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$660.69

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 29th of 49

$1,495

$347 physician + $1,148 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.