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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 October 2026.

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

$549

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $549 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $102 to the doctor who performs it, and $447 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$102$79.43 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$447$79.43 to $676

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $447 · 10th to 90th $78 to $741Professionalmedian $102 · 10th to 90th $58 to $692
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $447professional $102

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS Montana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$645.65
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$741.31
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$724.44
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,412.54
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$691.83

Where Montana 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

Montana· 49th of 51

$549

$102 physician + $447 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.