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Kidney Drainage Pressure Study

Kentucky 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?

$186

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $186 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $126 from a physician practice, and about $2,089 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$126$115 to $155
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,089$1,413 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $794 to $3,388Professionalmedian $126 · 10th to 90th $107 to $245
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,089professional $126

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
$141.25
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$371.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$158.49
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$169.82
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$707.95
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$223.87

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 29th of 51

$186

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.