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

Missouri 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?

$1,948

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,948 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $288 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,660 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$288$66.07 to $490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,660$537 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $339 to $5,370Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $59 to $871
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,660professional $288

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
$446.68
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$501.19
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,079.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$602.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$676.08
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$794.33

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 5th of 51

$1,948

$288 physician + $1,660 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.