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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 October 2026.

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

$686

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $686 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $269 to the doctor who performs it, and $417 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$269$70.79 to $562
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$417$54.95 to $437

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $417 · 10th to 90th $55 to $1,230Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $50 to $759
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $417professional $269

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$416.87
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$2,818.38
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$758.58

Where West 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

West Virginia· 48th of 51

$686

$269 physician + $417 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.