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Kidney-to-Bladder Drainage Tube Placement

Alabama rates for HCPCS 50433

A tube is passed through the skin of the back into the collecting system of the kidney and threaded down the ureter into the bladder, so urine can drain past a blockage. X-ray dye and live imaging are used to map the drainage path and guide the tube into position. It is used when a stone, a growth or scarring stops urine leaving the kidney normally.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Kidney-to-Bladder Drainage Tube Placement cost?

$5,337

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,337 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,072 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,072$490 to $1,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$1,738 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $891 to $4,266Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $295 to $2,042
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $4,266professional $1,072

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
$645.65
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,412.54
6 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,513.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$6,456.54

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Oklahoma than in Kentucky. 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

Alabama· 4th of 51

$5,337

$1,072 physician + $4,266 facility

OK $6,075KY $1,891

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.