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

Ohio 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?

$2,054

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,054 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $275 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$275$61.66 to $513
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$794 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $178 to $9,120Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $51 to $776
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,778professional $275

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
$102.33
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$2,089.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$676.08
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$21,379.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$660.69
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21,379.62
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$21,379.62
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$660.69
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$38.02
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$588.84

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 20th of 49

$2,054

$275 physician + $1,778 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.