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Open Drainage Of A Kidney Abscess

Alabama 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?

$1,995

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,995 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,514 from a physician practice, and about $2,951 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 4 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$1,514$1,023 to $1,995
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,951$1,259 to $10,471

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $776 to $12,589Professionalmedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $977 to $2,754
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,951professional $1,514

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
$758.58
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,754.23
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$15,488.17
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,659.59

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 12th of 51

$1,995

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.