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Kidney-to-Bladder Drainage Tube Placement

Florida 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?

$2,713

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,713 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$851$275 to $1,202
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$1,000 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $776 to $11,749Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $214 to $1,738
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,862professional $851

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
$478.63
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,258.93
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$338.84
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$11,748.98
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,621.81
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$16,982.44
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,174.90
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,905.46
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
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
$114.82
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$112.20

Where Florida 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

Florida· 37th of 51

$2,713

$851 physician + $1,862 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.