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Kidney-to-Bladder Drainage Tube Placement

Nevada 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?

$3,172

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,172 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 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$933$295 to $1,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$1,349 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $5,129Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $245 to $1,778
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,239professional $933

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
$2,238.72
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,479.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,128.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,412.54
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,137.96
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$2,691.53
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,698.24
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
$128.82
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$147.91

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 24th of 51

$3,172

$933 physician + $2,239 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.