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

Nebraska 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?

$850

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $850 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $91.20 to the doctor who performs it, and $759 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$69.18 to $363
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$759$525 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $759 · 10th to 90th $437 to $6,026Professionalmedian $91 · 10th to 90th $47 to $871
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $759professional $91

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
$363.08
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$6,165.95
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$933.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,290.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$3,019.95
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$977.24
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$660.69
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$933.25

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 39th of 51

$850

$91.20 physician + $759 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.