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Kidney-to-Bladder Drainage Tube Placement

Illinois 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?

$3,866

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,866 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,047 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 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$1,047$331 to $1,479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$1,585 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $794 to $5,754Professionalmedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $269 to $1,995
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,818professional $1,047

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
$316.23
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$5,370.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$6,025.60
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,659.59
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,089.30
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,412.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,187.76
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
$125.89
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$112.20

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 16th of 51

$3,866

$1,047 physician + $2,818 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.