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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 July 2026.

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

$1,411

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,411 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $263 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,148 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$263$66.07 to $501
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,148$61.66 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $58 to $3,715Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $55 to $1,000
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,148professional $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
$331.13
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$562.34
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,801.89
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,202.26
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$138.04
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$1,096.48
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$691.83
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,079.46
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,023.29
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,630.27
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,801.89
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 32nd of 49

$1,411

$263 physician + $1,148 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.