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Kidney-to-Bladder Drainage Tube Placement

North Carolina 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?

$3,067

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,067 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,072 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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$1,072$537 to $1,950
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$1,122 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $603 to $6,310Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $339 to $2,692
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,995professional $1,072

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
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,380.38
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,238.72
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,511.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,238.72
7 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
$123.03
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$123.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,786.30
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 26th of 51

$3,067

$1,072 physician + $1,995 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.