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

Texas 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?

$992

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $992 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $347 to the doctor who performs it, and $646 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 11 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$347$64.57 to $468
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$646$468 to $1,445

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $355 to $2,884Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $54 to $2,884
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $646professional $347

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
$549.54
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$549.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$389.05
BCBS Texas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS Texas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$616.60
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$501.19
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,467.37
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$4,786.30
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$524.81
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$436.52
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$3,801.89
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$524.81
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11

Where Texas 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

Texas· 27th of 51

$992

$347 physician + $646 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.