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

North Dakota 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?

$515

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $515 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $135 to the doctor who performs it, and $380 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$135$63.10 to $692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$380$53.70 to $646

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $380 · 10th to 90th $54 to $1,995Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $50 to $871
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $380professional $135

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
$50.12
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$870.96

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 48th of 49

$515

$135 physician + $380 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.