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

Minnesota 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?

$1,184

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,184 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $407 to the doctor who performs it, and $776 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$407$120 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$776$407 to $1,259

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $51 to $2,042Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $78 to $1,380
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $776professional $407

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
$51.29
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,511.89
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,466.84
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,737.80
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,348.96

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 15th of 51

$1,184

$407 physician + $776 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.