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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 July 2026.

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

$5,110

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,110 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $324 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,786 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$324$57.54 to $457
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,786$2,291 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $339 to $10,233Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $50 to $776
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0Kfacility $4,786professional $324

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
$288.40
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$776.25
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$758.58
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,388.44
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$707.95

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 11.5 times more in New Jersey than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeNew Jersey $5,110 · 1st of 49
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.