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Kidney-to-Bladder Drainage Tube Placement

Oregon 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?

$2,951

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,951 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,138 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$813$468 to $2,188
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,138$1,698 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $6,026Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $331 to $3,020
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,138professional $813

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
$3,890.45
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$3,162.28
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,691.53
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$8,709.64
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,398.83
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,238.72
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,677.35
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$3,162.28
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$13,803.84
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,090.30
11 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
$165.96
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$165.96
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$831.76
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$331.13
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,230.27
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$245.47
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$165.96
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$18,197.01
Typical High
$20,892.96

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 31st of 51

$2,951

$813 physician + $2,138 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.