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

Vermont 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?

$229

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $229 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $74.13 to $437.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $74 to $437
$100$200$500$1Kprofessional $229

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Vermont sits

The same service costs 10.5 times more in California 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.

Vermont· 46th of 51

$229

CA $724WV $69.18

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.