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Kidney Drainage Pressure Study

Colorado 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?

$2,291

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,291 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $145 from a physician practice, and about $3,311 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 7 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$145$117 to $174
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,311$2,570 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $7,586Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $117 to $380
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,311professional $145

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
$1,202.26
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$1,148.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$239.88
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$223.87
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$489.78
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$213.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$288.40

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 2nd of 51

$2,291

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.