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Open Drainage Of A Kidney Abscess

Florida 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 October 2026.

How much does Open Drainage Of A Kidney Abscess cost?

$977

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $977 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $851 from a physician practice, and about $1,995 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$851$182 to $1,072
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,995$1,122 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $832 to $17,378Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $79 to $1,660
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,995professional $851

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,202.26
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$11,748.98
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,949.84
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$25,118.86
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,071.52
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,137.96
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$933.25
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$831.76

Where Florida sits

The same service costs 5.9 times more in Alaska than in Utah. 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.

Florida· 47th of 51

$977

AK $4,074UT $692

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.