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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 July 2026.

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

$3,290

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,290 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $339 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,951 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$339$63.10 to $479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,951$1,479 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $479 to $7,079Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $54 to $851
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,951professional $339

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
$60.26
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$5,754.40
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$891.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,317.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$691.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$707.95

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 11th of 49

$3,290

$339 physician + $2,951 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.