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Kidney-to-Bladder Drainage Tube Placement

Iowa 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?

$4,536

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,536 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,585 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,951 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$1,585$562 to $2,512
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,951$1,622 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $661 to $7,586Professionalmedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $437 to $3,548
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,951professional $1,585

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
$501.19
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$3,162.28
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,244.36
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,168.69
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,162.28
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,630.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,090.30
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$2,511.89
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
$288.40
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$158.49

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 8th of 51

$4,536

$1,585 physician + $2,951 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.