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Kidney-to-Bladder Drainage Tube Placement

New Jersey 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?

$3,961

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,961 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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$871$251 to $1,288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$1,820 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $933 to $7,762Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $214 to $2,188
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $871

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
$295.12
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,089.30
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$13,182.57
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,187.76
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
$107.15
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$128.82

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 15th of 51

$3,961

$871 physician + $3,090 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.