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Kidney-to-Bladder Drainage Tube Placement

Virginia 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?

$3,839

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,839 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $955 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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$955$288 to $1,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$1,230 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $363 to $9,333Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $245 to $1,660
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,884professional $955

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
$363.08
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$9,332.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,513.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,265.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,412.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,137.96
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,698.24
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$8,709.64
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,041.74
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
$131.83
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$131.83

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 17th of 51

$3,839

$955 physician + $2,884 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.