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Kidney Drainage Pressure Study

New York 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?

$324

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $324 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $138 from a physician practice, and about $3,467 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 9 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$138$110 to $209
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,467$1,905 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $174 to $7,586Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $95 to $372
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,467professional $138

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
$144.54
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$616.60
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,011.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$295.12
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$4,073.80
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$537.03
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$380.19
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$208.93
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$288.40
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$50,118.72
Typical High
$75,857.76
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$380.19
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$416.87
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$288.40

Where New York 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 York· 8th of 51

$324

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.