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Kidney Drainage Pressure Study

Pennsylvania 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?

$162

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $162 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $123 from a physician practice, and about $2,570 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$123$107 to $145
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,570$1,349 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $661 to $8,318Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $102 to $263
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,570professional $123

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
$660.69
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$616.60
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$223.87
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$165.96
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$218.78
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$1,584.89
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$138.04
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,238.72
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$117.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$234.42

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 36th of 51

$162

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.