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Procedure price report · Other non-OR therapeutic procedures of urinary tract

Exchange of an externally accessible kidney-to-bladder tube

CPT 50387the billing code this page is about

A tube running from the kidney through the ureter with an end outside the body is removed and replaced using X-ray guidance.

Hospitals typically charge $2,481 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,571 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,589. Most fall between $1,229 and $4,478 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,571
States
50
Filings dated
Feb 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 1,571 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$754$1,480$2,481$3,864$6,125

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.1× what the cheapest tenth charges ($754 vs $6,125).

How the prices are spread

$537 – $703: 64 hospitals$537$703 – $921: 88 hospitals$921 – $1,207: 81 hospitals$921$1,207 – $1,581: 120 hospitals$1,581 – $2,071: 165 hospitals$1,581$2,071 – $2,713: 306 hospitals$2,713 – $3,553: 219 hospitals$2,713$3,553 – $4,654: 154 hospitals$4,654 – $6,097: 129 hospitals$4,654$6,097 – $7,986: 95 hospitals$6,097median $2,481price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,421 of 1,571 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$537$70364
$703$92188
$921$1,20781
$1,207$1,581120
$1,581$2,071165
$2,071$2,713306
$2,713$3,553219
$3,553$4,654154
$4,654$6,097129
$6,097$7,98695

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$2,136
Median cash price$2,481
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.16×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $2,481.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $2,054 across 36 hospitalsWA$2,054Idaho: median $4,318 across 12 hospitalsID$4,318Montana: median $900 across 10 hospitalsMT$900North Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $2,146 across 36 hospitalsMN$2,146Illinois: median $2,397 across 71 hospitalsIL$2,397Wisconsin: median $1,610 across 59 hospitalsWI$1,610Michigan: median $1,833 across 59 hospitalsMI$1,833New York: median $2,609 across 60 hospitalsNY$2,609Massachusetts: median $2,994 across 29 hospitalsMA$2,994Oregon: median $2,686 across 33 hospitalsOR$2,686Nevada: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $4,478 across 10 hospitalsSD$4,478Iowa: median $1,586 across 17 hospitalsIA$1,586Indiana: median $1,117 across 44 hospitalsIN$1,117Ohio: median $3,515 across 90 hospitalsOH$3,515Pennsylvania: median $3,155 across 84 hospitalsPA$3,155New Jersey: median $2,733 across 53 hospitalsNJ$2,733Connecticut: median $2,968 across 14 hospitalsCT$2,968Rhode Island: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $3,864 across 129 hospitalsCA$3,864Utah: median $2,700 across 26 hospitalsUT$2,700Colorado: median $2,013 across 33 hospitalsCO$2,013Nebraska: median $1,148 across 14 hospitalsNE$1,148Missouri: median $2,200 across 36 hospitalsMO$2,200Kentucky: median $2,169 across 12 hospitalsKY$2,169West Virginia: median $1,542 across 10 hospitalsWV$1,542Virginia: median $1,591 across 35 hospitalsVA$1,591Maryland: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $1,542 across 31 hospitalsAZ$1,542New Mexico: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $1,526 across 11 hospitalsKS$1,526Arkansas: median $985 across 13 hospitalsAR$985Tennessee: median $863 across 28 hospitalsTN$863North Carolina: median $1,036 across 42 hospitalsNC$1,036South Carolina: median $2,782 across 30 hospitalsSC$2,782Oklahoma: median $425 across 19 hospitalsOK$425Louisiana: median $1,624 across 25 hospitalsLA$1,624Mississippi: median $1,088 across 18 hospitalsMS$1,088Alabama: median $2,082 across 11 hospitalsAL$2,082Georgia: median $2,496 across 59 hospitalsGA$2,496Hawaii: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,558 across 119 hospitalsTX$2,558Florida: median $3,244 across 86 hospitalsFL$3,244
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,481. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
South Dakota SD10$4,478+80%$2,709 – $4,478
Idaho ID12$4,318+74%$2,700 – $5,304
California CA129$3,864+56%$2,115 – $5,826
Ohio OH90$3,515+42%$2,562 – $6,713
Florida FL86$3,244+31%$1,904 – $6,125
Pennsylvania PA84$3,155+27%$1,486 – $4,905
Massachusetts MA29$2,994+21%$1,897 – $3,405
Connecticut CT14$2,968+20%$2,406 – $6,631
South Carolina SC30$2,782+12%$1,464 – $4,469
New Jersey NJ53$2,733+10%$2,267 – $5,539
Utah UT26$2,700+9%$2,700 – $3,177
Oregon OR33$2,686+8%$1,256 – $4,931
New York NY60$2,609+5%$2,136 – $4,439
Texas TX119$2,558+3%$1,946 – $3,595
Georgia GA59$2,496+1%$2,255 – $6,921
Illinois IL71$2,397−3%$1,087 – $4,328
Missouri MO36$2,200−11%$1,526 – $4,283
Kentucky KY12$2,169−13%$1,420 – $8,226
Minnesota MN36$2,146−14%$1,231 – $2,757
Alabama AL11$2,082−16%$1,573 – $2,598
Washington WA36$2,054−17%$1,122 – $3,789
Colorado CO33$2,013−19%$1,507 – $4,308
Michigan MI59$1,833−26%$567 – $3,414
Louisiana LA25$1,624−35%$905 – $3,695
Wisconsin WI59$1,610−35%$522 – $2,990
Virginia VA35$1,591−36%$1,003 – $3,503
Iowa IA17$1,586−36%$1,341 – $3,683
Arizona AZ31$1,542−38%$738 – $9,031
West Virginia WV10$1,542−38%$1,171 – $2,417
Kansas KS11$1,526−39%$989 – $5,861
Nebraska NE14$1,148−54%$705 – $2,392
Indiana IN44$1,117−55%$700 – $3,849
Mississippi MS18$1,088−56%$870 – $2,227
North Carolina NC42$1,036−58%$616 – $2,453
Arkansas AR13$985−60%$439 – $1,706
Montana MT10$900−64%$900 – $2,095
Tennessee TN28$863−65%$685 – $1,461
Oklahoma OK19$425−83%$137 – $2,874
Hawaii HI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $2,481.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,414$2,490$1,326 – $4,587
Children’s28$2,585$1,122 – $3,781
Critical access121$2,082$700 – $3,074
Ownership
For-profit148$2,756$1,439 – $6,631
Government183$2,001$826 – $3,245
Non-profit1,232$2,510$1,289 – $4,469
System affiliation
Part of a system1,395$2,490$1,229 – $4,576
Independent176$2,291$1,171 – $3,764

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,308
Median cash price$2,481
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,236 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,558 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,723; most fall between $1,238 and $4,838.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,236 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$795$1,501$2,558$4,094$6,371

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($795 vs $6,371).

Of the 1,326 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,236 gave a usable cash price; 38 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 51 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,571 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (40%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,698 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,571
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here64
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded4
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded58
Hospitals that filed this code1,698

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other non-OR therapeutic procedures of urinary tract family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Rmvl & Rplcmt Xtrnl Accessible Nephrourtrl Cath.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Exchange of an externally accessible kidney-to-bladder tube (CPT 50387) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-50387-exchange-of-an-externally-accessible-kidney-to-bladder-tube