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Kidney-to-Bladder Drainage Tube Placement

Tennessee 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?

$3,262

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,262 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,023 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$1,023$339 to $1,585
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$1,413 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $955 to $5,248Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $251 to $3,981
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $1,023

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
$1,071.52
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,548.82
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,819.70
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,238.72
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
$123.03
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$154.88

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 23rd of 51

$3,262

$1,023 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.