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Kidney Drainage Pressure Study

Minnesota 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?

$282

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $282 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $269 from a physician practice, and about $851 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$269$209 to $380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$851$339 to $1,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $234 to $2,570Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $148 to $457
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $851professional $269

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
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$4,466.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$537.03
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$891.25
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$457.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$2,951.21
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$457.09

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 11th of 51

$282

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.