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Open Drainage Of A Kidney Abscess

Iowa 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?

$2,344

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,344 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,479 from a physician practice, and about $3,631 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 7 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$1,479$1,047 to $2,692
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,631$2,951 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $7,079Professionalmedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $955 to $6,026
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,631professional $1,479

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
$1,479.11
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,884.03
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,265.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,079.46
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$7,585.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,090.30
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,162.28
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,137.96

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 7th of 51

$2,344

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.