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Kidney-to-Bladder Drainage Tube Placement

Montana 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?

$2,015

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,015 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $501 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$501$355 to $1,738
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$380 to $1,862

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $372 to $2,291Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $234 to $1,905
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,514professional $501

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,737.80
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,995.26
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,949.84
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,943.28
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,089.30

Where Montana 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

Montana· 50th of 51

$2,015

$501 physician + $1,514 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.