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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 October 2026.

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

$859

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $859 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $309 to the doctor who performs it, and $550 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$309$85.11 to $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$550$407 to $1,202

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $550 · 10th to 90th $347 to $1,778Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $69 to $832
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $550professional $309

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
$1,412.54
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,778.28
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,691.53
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$660.69
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$4,466.84
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$977.24
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$758.58
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$831.76
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,238.72
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$691.83
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,202.26
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$660.69
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$85.11
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$602.56

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 37th of 51

$859

$309 physician + $550 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.