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Kidney-to-Bladder Drainage Tube Placement

Idaho 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?

$3,044

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,044 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $955 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,089 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$955$407 to $1,905
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,089$1,413 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $832 to $7,244Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $339 to $2,455
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,089professional $955

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
$691.83
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,630.27
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$9,120.11
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,862.09
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$6,606.93
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,630.27
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$2,089.30
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,238.72
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$11,481.54
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,905.46
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,454.71
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,041.74
16 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
$162.18
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,949.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$13,489.63
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,548.13
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,584.89
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,318.26
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$524.81
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,949.84
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$389.05
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$263.03

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 27th of 51

$3,044

$955 physician + $2,089 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.