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Kidney-to-Bladder Drainage Tube Placement

Arizona 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?

$2,645

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,645 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,023 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,622 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,023$282 to $1,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,622$832 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $331 to $5,248Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $234 to $4,169
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,622professional $1,023

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
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,202.26
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,513.56
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,621.81
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
$117.49
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$102.33

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 39th of 51

$2,645

$1,023 physician + $1,622 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.