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

Montana 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?

$616

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $616 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $91.20 to the doctor who performs it, and $525 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$91.20$54.95 to $417
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$525$91.20 to $708

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $89 to $1,122Professionalmedian $91 · 10th to 90th $16 to $692
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $525professional $91

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
$4,073.80
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$645.65
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$741.31
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$741.31
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$724.44
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$741.31

Where Montana 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

Montana· 47th of 49

$616

$91.20 physician + $525 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.