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

New Jersey 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?

$1,463

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,463 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $288 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,175 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$288$52.48 to $457
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,175$575 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $339 to $5,370Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $45 to $741
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,175professional $288

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
$58.88
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$741.31
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,630.27
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$724.44

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 10th of 51

$1,463

$288 physician + $1,175 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.