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Kidney-to-Bladder Drainage Tube Placement

Maine 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?

$2,718

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,718 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,905 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$813$355 to $1,549
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,905$1,698 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $708 to $3,311Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $282 to $2,042
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,905professional $813

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,479.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,041.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,089.30
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,311.31
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,041.74
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,949.84
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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$147.91
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$741.31
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$295.12
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,122.02
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$223.87
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$147.91

Where Maine 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

Maine· 36th of 51

$2,718

$813 physician + $1,905 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.