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

Louisiana 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?

$1,438

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,438 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $263 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,175 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$263$83.18 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,175$562 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $398 to $3,467Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $55 to $589
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,175professional $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
$398.11
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$630.96
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$575.44

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 31st of 49

$1,438

$263 physician + $1,175 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.