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

Utah 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?

$3,351

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,351 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $331 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$331$69.18 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$955 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $78 to $4,571Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $54 to $977
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,020professional $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
$77.62
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$707.95
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$288.40
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,019.95
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$645.65
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$812.83
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$588.84

Where Utah 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

Utah· 10th of 49

$3,351

$331 physician + $3,020 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.