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Kidney Drainage Pressure Study

Georgia 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?

$219

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $219 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $158 from a physician practice, and about $2,692 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$158$120 to $204
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,692$1,288 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $589 to $7,079Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $112 to $257
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $158

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
$190.55
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$239.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$4,073.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$295.12
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$269.15

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 20th of 51

$219

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.