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Kidney-to-Bladder Drainage Tube Placement

Nebraska 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?

$3,007

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,007 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,570 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$437$331 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$1,585 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $11,482Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $224 to $2,570
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,570professional $437

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
$501.19
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,630.27
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,000.00
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$26,915.35
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,630.27
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$6,456.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$8,128.31
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,691.53
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,168.69
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,818.38
5 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
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$100.00

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 28th of 51

$3,007

$437 physician + $2,570 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.