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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 July 2026.

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

$1,673

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,673 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $355 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,318 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$355$115 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,318$759 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $427 to $3,162Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $74 to $1,380
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,318professional $355

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
$50.12
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,778.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,019.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,079.46
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,737.80
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,162.28
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,513.56
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,348.96

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 27th of 49

$1,673

$355 physician + $1,318 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.