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Kidney Drainage Pressure Study

Virginia 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?

$155

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $132 from a physician practice, and about $1,950 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$132$123 to $182
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,950$174 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $132 to $7,079Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $107 to $2,042
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,950professional $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
$131.83
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$3,235.94
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$204.17
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$269.15
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$302.00
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$263.03
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$251.19
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$2,951.21
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$245.47

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 39th of 51

$155

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.