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Kidney Drainage Pressure Study

Connecticut 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?

$257

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $257 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $204 from a physician practice, and about $4,677 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 5 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$204$145 to $269
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,677$3,388 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $2,692 to $8,511Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $110 to $355
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,677professional $204

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
$3,388.44
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$380.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$10,471.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$331.13
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$338.84

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 13th of 51

$257

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.