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

Kentucky 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?

$515

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $515 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $97.72 to the doctor who performs it, and $417 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$97.72$58.88 to $372
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$417$302 to $794

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $417 · 10th to 90th $55 to $2,512Professionalmedian $98 · 10th to 90th $50 to $589
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $417professional $98

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
$54.95
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$489.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$588.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$870.96
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$537.03
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$2,818.38
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$575.44

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 50th of 51

$515

$97.72 physician + $417 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.