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Kidney Drainage Pressure Study

Missouri 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 Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $186 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $141 from a physician practice, and about $1,905 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$141$126 to $186
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,905$1,148 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $186 to $6,310Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $107 to $1,175
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,905professional $141

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
$812.83
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$2,511.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$218.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$263.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$281.84

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 30th 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.