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Surgical Exploration Of A Kidney

Illinois rates for HCPCS 50010

An operation that opens the flank or abdomen so the surgeon can look directly at a kidney and the tissue around it. It is done to work out what is going on when scans and other tests have not given an answer, and it covers the exploration itself rather than any specific repair or removal. It is performed under general anesthesia with a hospital stay.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Surgical Exploration Of A Kidney cost?

$2,753

Typical total for the visit. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,753 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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$891$759 to $1,349
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$1,202 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $776 to $9,772Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $692 to $1,660
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,862professional $891

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$23,442.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,445.44
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$3,235.94
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$977.24
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,621.81

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 13.9 times more in Maine than in West Virginia. 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

Illinois· 40th of 50

$2,753

$891 physician + $1,862 facility

ME $20,453WV $1,474

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.