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Change Of A Kidney Drainage Tube

California rates for HCPCS 50398

Replacement of a drainage tube that already runs through the skin into the kidney, swapping the old tube for a new one over a guidewire so the drainage path is not lost. It is done as routine maintenance and when a tube becomes blocked, worn, or dislodged.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Change Of A Kidney Drainage Tube cost?

$4,365

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,365 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,266 from a physician practice, and about $4,365 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$4,266$4,266 to $4,266
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,365$3,090 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $2,512 to $12,882Professionalmedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $398 to $4,266
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,365professional $4,266

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
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$12,882.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$2,344.23
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,698.24
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$19,498.45
Typical High
$19,498.45
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where California sits

The same service costs 43.7 times more in California than in South Carolina. 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.

California· 1st of 33

$4,365

CA $4,365SC $100

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.