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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 October 2026.

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

$853

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $853 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $363 to the doctor who performs it, and $490 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$363$107 to $646
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$490$380 to $708

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $490 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,905Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $68 to $891
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $490professional $363

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
$51.29
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$794.33
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$676.08
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$676.08
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$389.05
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$512.86

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 38th of 51

$853

$363 physician + $490 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.