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Placement of a Kidney Drainage Tube

Wisconsin rates for HCPCS 50432

This procedure places a thin drainage tube through the skin directly into the kidney, using imaging guidance to position it accurately, so urine can drain out when the normal path is blocked. It is often used for conditions such as a kidney stone or tumor that is preventing urine from draining normally.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Placement of a Kidney Drainage Tube cost?

$4,279

Typical total for the visit. In Wisconsin, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,279 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,259 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,259$724 to $3,162
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$1,862 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $912 to $7,762Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $295 to $5,012
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $1,259

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$5,128.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,165.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,623.41
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$8,317.64
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$3,311.31
DeanCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$5,888.44
DeanCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,511.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$8,128.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,128.61
Network Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$7,762.47
Network Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,090.30
Prevea360
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,548.82
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,235.94
Quartz
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,090.30
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,584.89
Security Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$4,897.79
Security Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$3,801.89
10 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$2,818.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$562.34

Where Wisconsin sits

The same service costs 3.6 times more in Oklahoma 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Wisconsin· 5th of 51

$4,279

$1,259 physician + $3,020 facility

OK $5,677MD $1,565

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.