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Surgical Exploration Of A Kidney

South Dakota 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 October 2026.

How much does Surgical Exploration Of A Kidney cost?

$2,537

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,537 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,514 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,023 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,514$1,148 to $1,698
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,023$759 to $1,202

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $759 to $1,660Professionalmedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $794 to $2,042
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,023professional $1,514

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,041.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$5,888.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,041.74
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where South Dakota sits

The same service costs 17.6 times more in Maine than in Maryland. 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

South Dakota· 24th of 51

$2,537

$1,514 physician + $1,023 facility

ME $23,909MD $1,357

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.