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Kidney-to-Bladder Drainage Tube Placement

Delaware 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?

$2,174

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,174 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $661 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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$661$309 to $1,288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$1,023 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $676 to $3,236Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $257 to $1,738
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,514professional $661

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,778.28
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,819.70
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
$128.82
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$123.03

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 46th of 51

$2,174

$661 physician + $1,514 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.