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

New York 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?

$2,925

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,925 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $295 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$295$240 to $389
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$1,047 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $457 to $5,129Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $66 to $692
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,630professional $295

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
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$501.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,897.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$707.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,047.13
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$4,073.80
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$954.99
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$186.21
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$812.83
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$616.60
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$741.31
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$977.24
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$575.44

Where New York 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 York· 1st of 51

$2,925

$295 physician + $2,630 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.