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Kidney-to-Bladder Drainage Tube Placement

Georgia 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?

$2,497

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,497 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $912 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,585 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$912$355 to $1,514
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,585$851 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $562 to $5,012Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $282 to $1,995
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,585professional $912

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
$831.76
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$3,090.30
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$2,290.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$4,570.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,905.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,511.89
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,630.27
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
$218.78
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$134.90

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 40th of 51

$2,497

$912 physician + $1,585 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.