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

Illinois 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?

$1,047

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,047 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $339 to the doctor who performs it, and $708 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$339$67.61 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$708$513 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $389 to $2,399Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $55 to $724
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $708professional $339

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
$77.62
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$501.19
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,202.26
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$575.44
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$707.95
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$512.86
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$724.44

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 23rd of 51

$1,047

$339 physician + $708 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.