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Kidney Drainage Pressure Study

Ohio 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?

$191

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $135 from a physician practice, and about $2,455 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 8 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$135$115 to $191
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,455$1,380 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $389 to $10,715Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $107 to $2,512
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,455professional $135

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
$218.78
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$8,912.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$239.88
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$21,379.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$234.42
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21,379.62
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$21,379.62
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$234.42
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$229.09

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 28th of 51

$191

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.