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Kidney-to-Bladder Drainage Tube Placement

New Mexico 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?

$3,128

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,128 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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$617$355 to $1,514
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$1,349 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $646 to $10,715Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $275 to $1,950
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,512professional $617

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
$316.23
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$12,589.25
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,862.09
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,513.56
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,467.37
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,137.96

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 25th of 51

$3,128

$617 physician + $2,512 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.