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Change Of A Kidney Drainage Tube

Minnesota 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?

$1,072

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,072 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $692 from a physician practice, and about $1,698 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 3 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$692$209 to $1,413
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,698$1,380 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $3,802Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $151 to $1,950
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,698professional $692

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
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,041.74
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,801.89
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,265.80

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 9th of 33

$1,072

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.