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Kidney-to-Bladder Drainage Tube Placement

Kentucky 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?

$1,891

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,891 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,096 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$794$275 to $1,072
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,096$389 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $257 to $4,467Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $229 to $1,413
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,096professional $794

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
$257.04
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,348.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,174.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,778.28
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$2,818.38
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$5,128.61
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,737.80
10 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$128.82

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 51st of 51

$1,891

$794 physician + $1,096 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.