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Kidney-to-Bladder Drainage Tube Placement

South Dakota 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?

$2,688

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,688 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,175 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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$1,175$562 to $2,512
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$1,380 to $1,698

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $355 to $2,344Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $407 to $3,236
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,514professional $1,175

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
$257.04
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,235.94
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,168.69
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,511.89
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,754.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,344.23
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$3,311.31
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,630.27
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
$107.15
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$112.20

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 38th of 51

$2,688

$1,175 physician + $1,514 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.