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

Tennessee 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?

$1,680

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,680 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $331 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,349 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$331$67.61 to $513
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,349$562 to $2,138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $138 to $2,818Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $54 to $724
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,349professional $331

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
$123.03
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$691.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$645.65
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$724.44

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 26th of 49

$1,680

$331 physician + $1,349 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.