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Kidney Drainage Pressure Study

Massachusetts 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?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $145 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 8 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$120 to $234
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,089$1,000 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $123 to $4,169Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $102 to $331
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,089professional $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
$1,000.00
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$371.54
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$19,498.45
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$389.05
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$165.96
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,079.46
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$316.23
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$19,498.45
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$457.09

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 35th of 51

$182

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.