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

Virginia 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?

$1,272

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,272 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $339 to the doctor who performs it, and $933 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$339$61.66 to $479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$933$331 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $76 to $4,365Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $51 to $617
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $933professional $339

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
$75.86
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$794.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$524.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$794.33
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$616.60
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$575.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$602.56
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,951.21
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$707.95

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 14th of 51

$1,272

$339 physician + $933 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.