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Kidney Drainage Pressure Study

Washington 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?

$251

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $251 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $214 from a physician practice, and about $525 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 10 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$214$148 to $269
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$525$240 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $155 to $7,943Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $107 to $331
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $525professional $214

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
$213.80
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$18,620.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$316.23
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,715.35
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$338.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$2,089.30
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$562.34
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$64.57
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$229.09
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$331.13
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,715.35
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$331.13
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$204.17

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 14th of 51

$251

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.