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Open Drainage Of A Kidney Abscess

Alaska rates for HCPCS 50020

An incision is made to reach a walled-off pocket of pus in the kidney or in the fatty tissue around it, so the pus can be drained and the cavity washed out. A drain is usually left in place for a time while antibiotics finish clearing the infection.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Open Drainage Of A Kidney Abscess cost?

$3,467

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,467 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,548 from a physician practice, and about $2,455 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3,548$1,380 to $4,786
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,455$1,230 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $9,550Professionalmedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $6,918
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,455professional $3,548

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,467.37
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$6,606.93
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,079.46
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$6,456.54
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$6,606.93
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$6,456.54

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.4 times more in California than in Hawaii. 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.

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$3,467

CA $4,571HI $1,047

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.