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Kidney Drainage Pressure Study

Iowa 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?

$302

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $302 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $200 from a physician practice, and about $2,512 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$200$151 to $331
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,512$1,514 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $263 to $6,761Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $110 to $692
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $200

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
$602.56
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$331.13
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$467.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$3,890.45
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$851.14
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$436.52
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$371.54
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$234.42

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 9th of 51

$302

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.