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Kidney-to-Bladder Drainage Tube Placement

Colorado 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?

$5,548

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,548 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $977 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,571 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$977$380 to $1,738
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,571$2,570 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $8,913Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $302 to $2,399
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,571professional $977

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
$1,258.93
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,584.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$9,332.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,905.46
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,778.28
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,862.09
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,884.03
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,137.96
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
$125.89
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$120.23

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 2nd of 51

$5,548

$977 physician + $4,571 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.