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Kidney Drainage Pressure Study

North Carolina 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 North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $186 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $170 from a physician practice, and about $912 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$170$120 to $229
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$912$182 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $912 · 10th to 90th $112 to $6,457Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $112 to $363
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $912professional $170

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
$112.20
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$389.05
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$295.12
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$245.47
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$275.42
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$19,498.45
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$933.25

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 32nd 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.