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Kidney Drainage Pressure Study

Tennessee 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?

$195

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $148 from a physician practice, and about $1,622 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$148$126 to $182
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,622$1,047 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $575 to $4,074Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $112 to $447
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,622professional $148

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
$467.74
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$239.88
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$19,498.45
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$263.03

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 25th of 51

$195

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.