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Kidney Drainage Pressure Study

Alaska rates for HCPCS 50396

A pressure study carried out through a drainage tube that already runs into the kidney or the tube leading from it. Fluid is run in at a steady rate while the pressure inside is recorded, showing whether urine drains freely or is meeting resistance. The readings help decide whether a suspected narrowing is genuinely blocking flow and needs treatment.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Kidney Drainage Pressure Study cost?

$398

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $398 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $398 from a physician practice, and about $288 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$398$251 to $550
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$288$132 to $776

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $288 · 10th to 90th $115 to $6,607Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $115 to $759
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $288professional $398

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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$407.38
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$758.58
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$812.83
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$724.44
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$758.58
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$741.31

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 25.7 times more in California 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.

Alaska· 6th of 51

$398

CA $3,162MD $123

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.