This covers the creation and widening of a small tunnel through the skin and into the kidney, using a guide wire and dilating instruments, to allow a drainage tube to be placed directly into the kidney. This is done when urine cannot drain normally from the kidney, such as due to a blockage, and needs another way out. The procedure is performed using imaging guidance to safely reach the kidney.
Rates data updated July 2026.
How much does Creation of a Drainage Tunnel Into the Kidney cost?
$398
Typical physician fee. In Iowa, July 2026.
Insurers have agreed to pay about $398 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $398 to $501.
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
Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $324 to $12,023Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,698
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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.
Rates by insurance carrier
Insurance Carrier
Facility/Professional
Modifier
Typical LowTypical Low is the 10th percentile of the published rates, Median the 50th, and Typical High the 90th. One in ten rates falls below Typical Low, and one in ten falls above Typical High.
MedianTypical Low is the 10th percentile of the published rates, Median the 50th, and Typical High the 90th. One in ten rates falls below Typical Low, and one in ten falls above Typical High.
Typical HighTypical Low is the 10th percentile of the published rates, Median the 50th, and Typical High the 90th. One in ten rates falls below Typical Low, and one in ten falls above Typical High.
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$501.19
Professional
Global
$398.11
$398.11
$501.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$12,022.64
Facility
Global
$323.59
$6,918.31
$12,022.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,698.24
Professional
Global
$269.15
$363.08
$1,698.24
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Professional
Global
$338.84
$338.84
$338.84
Where Iowa sits
The same service costs 776.2 times more in Texas than in Mississippi. 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.