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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 October 2026.

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

$848

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $848 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $107 to the doctor who performs it, and $741 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$107$69.18 to $447
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$741$427 to $1,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $741 · 10th to 90th $288 to $1,549Professionalmedian $107 · 10th to 90th $50 to $513
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $741professional $107

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
$70.79
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$537.03
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$2,041.74
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$512.86
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$512.86
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$977.24

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 40th of 51

$848

$107 physician + $741 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.