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Procedure price report · Nephrotomy and nephrostomy

Kidney-to-bladder drainage tube placed through the skin

CPT 50433the billing code this page is about

A catheter is placed through the skin into the kidney and down the ureter into the bladder through a newly created tract, including x-ray dye imaging, imaging guidance, and interpretation.

Hospitals typically charge $3,821 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,731 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,953. Most fall between $2,053 and $6,119 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,731
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 1,731 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
$1,470$2,379$3,821$5,640$8,773

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,470 vs $8,773).

How the prices are spread

$1,083 – $1,361: 67 hospitals$1,083$1,361 – $1,712: 92 hospitals$1,712 – $2,152: 133 hospitals$1,712$2,152 – $2,705: 125 hospitals$2,705 – $3,400: 229 hospitals$2,705$3,400 – $4,274: 249 hospitals$4,274 – $5,373: 274 hospitals$4,274$5,373 – $6,755: 195 hospitals$6,755 – $8,492: 94 hospitals$6,755$8,492 – $10,675: 111 hospitals$8,492median $3,821price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,569 of 1,731 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$1,083$1,36167
$1,361$1,71292
$1,712$2,152133
$2,152$2,705125
$2,705$3,400229
$3,400$4,274249
$4,274$5,373274
$5,373$6,755195
$6,755$8,49294
$8,492$10,675111

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,601
Median cash price$3,821
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.06×

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 $3,821.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $3,249 across 33 hospitalsWA$3,249Idaho: median $4,908 across 13 hospitalsID$4,908Montana: median $1,830 across 11 hospitalsMT$1,830North Dakota: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $3,708 across 41 hospitalsMN$3,708Illinois: median $3,653 across 71 hospitalsIL$3,653Wisconsin: median $3,565 across 60 hospitalsWI$3,565Michigan: median $3,565 across 63 hospitalsMI$3,565New York: median $4,207 across 71 hospitalsNY$4,207Massachusetts: median $3,541 across 30 hospitalsMA$3,541Oregon: median $3,672 across 32 hospitalsOR$3,672Nevada: median $3,461 across 10 hospitalsNV$3,461Wyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $3,555 across 24 hospitalsIA$3,555Indiana: median $3,167 across 47 hospitalsIN$3,167Ohio: median $4,404 across 102 hospitalsOH$4,404Pennsylvania: median $4,763 across 86 hospitalsPA$4,763New Jersey: median $4,602 across 56 hospitalsNJ$4,602Connecticut: median $5,219 across 16 hospitalsCT$5,219Rhode Island: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $5,243 across 149 hospitalsCA$5,243Utah: median $4,908 across 26 hospitalsUT$4,908Colorado: median $3,355 across 34 hospitalsCO$3,355Nebraska: median $2,405 across 16 hospitalsNE$2,405Missouri: median $3,899 across 40 hospitalsMO$3,899Kentucky: median $3,157 across 13 hospitalsKY$3,157West Virginia: median $4,199 across 10 hospitalsWV$4,199Virginia: median $2,746 across 36 hospitalsVA$2,746Maryland: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $2,165 across 32 hospitalsAZ$2,165New Mexico: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $3,596 across 13 hospitalsKS$3,596Arkansas: median $1,892 across 17 hospitalsAR$1,892Tennessee: median $1,531 across 39 hospitalsTN$1,531North Carolina: median $2,943 across 47 hospitalsNC$2,943South Carolina: median $5,177 across 32 hospitalsSC$5,177Oklahoma: median $2,257 across 25 hospitalsOK$2,257Louisiana: median $2,193 across 29 hospitalsLA$2,193Mississippi: median $2,806 across 24 hospitalsMS$2,806Alabama: median $4,088 across 25 hospitalsAL$4,088Georgia: median $2,847 across 59 hospitalsGA$2,847Hawaii: median $2,306 across 11 hospitalsHI$2,306Texas: median $3,821 across 133 hospitalsTX$3,821Florida: median $4,244 across 90 hospitalsFL$4,244
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,821. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA149$5,243+37%$2,780 – $9,689
Connecticut CT16$5,219+37%$2,968 – $11,790
South Carolina SC32$5,177+36%$3,893 – $5,455
Idaho ID13$4,908+28%$2,845 – $8,773
Utah UT26$4,908+28%$4,908 – $5,774
Pennsylvania PA86$4,763+25%$3,603 – $9,190
New Jersey NJ56$4,602+20%$3,818 – $6,311
Ohio OH102$4,404+15%$2,678 – $7,579
Florida FL90$4,244+11%$2,958 – $8,528
New York NY71$4,207+10%$2,116 – $7,462
West Virginia WV10$4,199+10%$1,880 – $7,460
Alabama AL25$4,088+7%$2,103 – $5,667
Missouri MO40$3,899+2%$2,087 – $5,114
Texas TX133$3,8210%$3,151 – $6,500
Minnesota MN41$3,708−3%$2,249 – $4,928
Oregon OR32$3,672−4%$1,693 – $7,465
Illinois IL71$3,653−4%$1,972 – $6,630
Kansas KS13$3,596−6%$1,403 – $6,803
Michigan MI63$3,565−7%$1,347 – $5,732
Wisconsin WI60$3,565−7%$2,274 – $5,335
Iowa IA24$3,555−7%$2,814 – $4,691
Massachusetts MA30$3,541−7%$1,941 – $6,555
Nevada NV10$3,461−9%$2,520 – $4,386
Colorado CO34$3,355−12%$2,512 – $8,541
Washington WA33$3,249−15%$2,158 – $5,614
Indiana IN47$3,167−17%$1,992 – $6,758
Kentucky KY13$3,157−17%$1,783 – $13,849
North Carolina NC47$2,943−23%$1,583 – $5,878
Georgia GA59$2,847−25%$1,645 – $5,680
Mississippi MS24$2,806−27%$1,301 – $3,218
Virginia VA36$2,746−28%$2,379 – $4,142
Nebraska NE16$2,405−37%$2,064 – $3,608
Hawaii HI11$2,306−40%$1,641 – $4,942
Oklahoma OK25$2,257−41%$1,758 – $3,284
Louisiana LA29$2,193−43%$1,444 – $4,198
Arizona AZ32$2,165−43%$1,415 – $16,790
Arkansas AR17$1,892−50%$1,228 – $2,327
Montana MT11$1,830−52%$1,830 – $2,472
Tennessee TN39$1,531−60%$1,083 – $2,605
North Dakota ND8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not 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 $3,821.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,542$3,821$2,088 – $6,068
Children’s43$4,135$1,823 – $8,528
Critical access137$3,565$1,543 – $6,294
Ownership
For-profit171$4,084$1,804 – $7,322
Government203$3,462$1,664 – $5,832
Non-profit1,348$3,821$2,158 – $6,107
System affiliation
Part of a system1,512$3,834$2,116 – $6,119
Independent219$3,523$1,496 – $5,917

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$6,543
Median cash price$3,821
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

1,351 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $4,019 and the average of the middle 60% is $4,083; most fall between $2,146 and $6,311.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,351 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
$1,531$2,497$4,019$5,814$9,008

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,531 vs $9,008).

Of the 1,450 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,351 gave a usable cash price; 47 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

1,731 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (44%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,861 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,731
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here70
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded57
Hospitals that filed this code1,861

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 Nephrotomy and nephrostomy family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Plmt Nephroureteral Cath Prq New Access Rs&I.

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, “Kidney-to-bladder drainage tube placed through the skin (CPT 50433) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-50433-kidney-to-bladder-drainage-tube-placed-through-the-skin