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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 July 2026.

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

$1,360

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,360 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $263 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,096 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$263$60.26 to $490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,096$537 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $102 to $4,677Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $50 to $724
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,096professional $263

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
$102.33
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$562.34
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$630.96
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$741.31
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$512.86
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$691.83

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 33rd of 49

$1,360

$263 physician + $1,096 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.