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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 July 2026.

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

$3,769

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,769 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $380 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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$380$95.50 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$1,622 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $813 to $13,490Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $51 to $1,445
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $3,388professional $380

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
$1,548.82
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$13,489.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,754.40
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$954.99
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,513.56
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$977.24
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$933.25

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 5th of 49

$3,769

$380 physician + $3,388 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.