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Kidney-to-Bladder Drainage Tube Placement

Oklahoma 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?

$6,075

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,075 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,288 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,786 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$1,288$389 to $1,995
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,786$1,995 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $8,710Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $295 to $8,128
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,786professional $1,288

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
$1,000.00
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,162.28
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,772.37
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$6,025.60
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,659.59
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
$141.25
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$128.82

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 1st of 51

$6,075

$1,288 physician + $4,786 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.