Drainage Tube Placed Into The Ureter Through The Back

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 50393

Placement of a thin drainage tube or stent into the ureter, the tube that carries urine from the kidney down to the bladder, working from a puncture in the skin over the kidney rather than through an incision or from below. Imaging guides the tube into the kidney's collecting system and down the ureter so urine can drain past a blockage, or so medication or contrast can be delivered there.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Drainage Tube Placed Into The Ureter Through The Back cost?

$3,236

Typical negotiated rate. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,236 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $550 from a physician practice, and about $3,802 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 24 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed by	Who charges it	Typical	Range
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider	A doctor's office, clinic or independent provider	$550	$447 to $832
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department	A hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department	$3,802	$2,630 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $912 to $12,882Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,479

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	Facility/Professional	Modifier	Typical Low	Median	Typical High
BCBS Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $1,659.59 Median $3,981.07 Typical High $12,022.64	Facility	Global	$1,659.59	$3,981.07	$12,022.64
Cigna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $549.54 Median $724.44 Typical High $2,041.74	Facility	Global	$549.54	$724.44	$2,041.74
Cigna Setting Professional Modifier Global Typical Low $371.54 Median $575.44 Typical High $891.25	Professional	Global	$371.54	$575.44	$891.25

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 21.9 times more in California than in Illinois. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

CA $4,365IL $200

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.