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Kidney-to-Bladder Drainage Tube Placement

Maryland 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?

$2,079

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,079 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $457 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,622 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$457$263 to $1,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,622$955 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $589 to $2,818Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $240 to $1,950
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,622professional $457

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
$338.84
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,570.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,041.74
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,344.23
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$1,819.70
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
$131.83
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$131.83

Where Maryland 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

Maryland· 49th of 51

$2,079

$457 physician + $1,622 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.