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

South Carolina 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?

$1,175

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,175 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $380 to the doctor who performs it, and $794 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$380$70.79 to $501
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$794$501 to $1,862

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $363 to $3,388Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $62 to $692
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $794professional $380

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
$64.57
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,884.03
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$660.69
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$549.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$645.65
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$741.31
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$363.08

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 16th of 51

$1,175

$380 physician + $794 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.