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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 October 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Kidney Drainage Tube, With X-ray Guidance cost?

$1,168

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,168 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $355 to the doctor who performs it, and $813 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$355$72.44 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$813$479 to $1,479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $813 · 10th to 90th $363 to $2,188Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $54 to $2,884
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $813professional $355

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
$446.68
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$549.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$645.65
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$741.31

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 17th of 51

$1,168

$355 physician + $813 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.