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Kidney-to-Bladder Drainage Tube Placement

North Dakota 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?

$2,350

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,350 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,175 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,175 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$1,175$490 to $2,138
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,175$257 to $2,239

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $257 to $2,570Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $389 to $2,630
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,175professional $1,175

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
$257.04
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$1,202.26
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,630.27
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$3,162.28
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$3,890.45
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,137.96
4 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
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$117.49

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 42nd of 51

$2,350

$1,175 physician + $1,175 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.