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

West 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 July 2026.

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

$443

Typical total for the visit. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $443 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $63.10 to the doctor who performs it, and $380 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$63.10$54.95 to $380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$380$54.95 to $1,047

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $380 · 10th to 90th $50 to $1,230Professionalmedian $63 · 10th to 90th $52 to $490
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $380professional $63

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
$50.12
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$416.87
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$69.18
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$2,818.38
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,090.30
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$660.69

Where West Virginia 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

West Virginia· 49th of 49

$443

$63.10 physician + $380 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.