go back

Kidney Drainage Pressure Study

New Jersey 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?

$148

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $132 from a physician practice, and about $5,623 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$132$115 to $204
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,623$3,890 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $2,291 to $10,715Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $102 to $4,266
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,623professional $132

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
$2,570.40
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$316.23
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$186.21
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,388.44
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$251.19

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 43rd of 51

$148

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.