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Kidney-to-Bladder Drainage Tube Placement

Massachusetts 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 July 2026.

How much does Kidney-to-Bladder Drainage Tube Placement cost?

$1,778

Typical facility fee. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,778 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $295 to $3,311.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $282 to $4,898
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,778

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,897.79
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$9,120.11
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$660.69
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$3,311.31
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,772.37
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$10,715.19
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,772.37

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 6.3 times more in Indiana than in North Dakota. 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.

Massachusetts· 42nd of 50

$1,778

IN $7,244ND $1,148

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.