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Kidney-to-Bladder Drainage Tube Placement

Minnesota 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?

$3,378

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,378 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,288 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,089 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$1,288$589 to $2,630
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,089$1,122 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $245 to $6,310Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $372 to $3,890
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,089professional $1,288

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
$245.47
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$13,182.57
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$22,908.68
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,235.94
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$4,897.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,677.35
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,570.88
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,073.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,786.30
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,073.80
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
$123.03
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 21st of 51

$3,378

$1,288 physician + $2,089 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.