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

Massachusetts 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?

$694

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $694 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $363 to the doctor who performs it, and $331 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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$363$100 to $851
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$331$60.26 to $741

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $331 · 10th to 90th $36 to $2,291Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $60 to $2,188
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $331professional $363

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
$537.03
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$478.63
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,041.74
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,951.21
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$117.49
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$1,096.48
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$660.69
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$4,168.69
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,202.26
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,630.27
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$181.97
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,041.74
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,258.93
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$501.19
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$323.59

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 47th of 51

$694

$363 physician + $331 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.