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Kidney-to-Bladder Drainage Tube Placement

Kansas 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?

$2,282

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,282 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,259 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,023 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,259$407 to $1,622
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,023$309 to $2,138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $295 to $3,890Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $316 to $4,169
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,023professional $1,259

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
$1,288.25
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,737.80
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$4,570.88
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,659.59
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
$147.91
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$173.78

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 44th of 51

$2,282

$1,259 physician + $1,023 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.