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Kidney-to-Bladder Drainage Tube Placement

Arkansas 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?

$2,329

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,329 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $631 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,698 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$631$331 to $1,349
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$1,230 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $851 to $4,467Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $251 to $1,549
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,698professional $631

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
$354.81
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,348.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$389.05
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,466.84
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,949.84
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,041.74
5 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
$177.83
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$134.90

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 43rd of 51

$2,329

$631 physician + $1,698 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.