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Kidney-to-Bladder Drainage Tube Placement

Indiana 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?

$4,615

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,615 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,890 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$724$331 to $1,413
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,890$1,862 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $759 to $8,511Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $245 to $1,698
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,890professional $724

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
$234.42
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,122.02
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$9,549.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,659.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,511.89
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,897.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,659.59
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,011.87
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,905.46
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
$117.49
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$112.20

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 7th of 51

$4,615

$724 physician + $3,890 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.