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

Michigan 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?

$879

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $879 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $85.11 to the doctor who performs it, and $794 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$85.11$57.54 to $407
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$794$513 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $71 to $4,898Professionalmedian $85 · 10th to 90th $48 to $513
$20.0$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $794professional $85

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
$70.79
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$537.03
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$588.84
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$537.03

Where Michigan sits

The same service costs 11.5 times more in New Jersey than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeMichigan $879 · 41st of 49
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.