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Kidney Drainage Pressure Study

Montana 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?

$195

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $195 from a physician practice, and about $195 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 5 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$195$170 to $234
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$195$195 to $204

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $195 · 10th to 90th $195 to $245Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $145 to $617
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $195professional $195

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$199.53
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$245.47
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$245.47
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$223.87
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$288.40

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 27th of 51

$195

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.