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Kidney-to-Bladder Drainage Tube Placement

South Carolina 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?

$2,825

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,825 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,047 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,047$380 to $1,413
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$1,096 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $759 to $10,000Professionalmedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $295 to $1,905
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,778professional $1,047

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
$309.03
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,348.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$6,760.83
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,949.84
7 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
$154.88
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$134.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,951.21
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 33rd of 51

$2,825

$1,047 physician + $1,778 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.