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Kidney Drainage Pressure Study

North Dakota 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?

$224

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $224 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $224 from a physician practice, and about $117 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$224$141 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$117$117 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $117 · 10th to 90th $110 to $8,511Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $117 to $295
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $117professional $224

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
$117.49
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$354.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$354.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$295.12

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 15th of 51

$224

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.