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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 July 2026.

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

$2,047

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,047 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $269 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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$269$61.66 to $389
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$398 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $65 to $10,715Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $52 to $575
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,778professional $269

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
$64.57
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$549.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$512.86
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$79.43
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$2,818.38
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$616.60

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 21st of 49

$2,047

$269 physician + $1,778 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.