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

North Carolina 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?

$912

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $912 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $309 to the doctor who performs it, and $603 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$309$63.10 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$603$214 to $1,738

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $603 · 10th to 90th $68 to $5,248Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $51 to $871
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $603professional $309

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
$87.10
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$812.83
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$707.95
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$645.65
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,311.31

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 39th of 49

$912

$309 physician + $603 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.