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

Rhode Island 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?

$1,114

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,114 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $282 to the doctor who performs it, and $832 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$282$74.13 to $490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$832$501 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $832 · 10th to 90th $372 to $3,981Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $65 to $741
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $832professional $282

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
$1,513.56
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$676.08

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 19th of 51

$1,114

$282 physician + $832 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.