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Open Drainage Of A Kidney Abscess

North Carolina 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?

$1,380

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,380 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,380 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$1,380$1,047 to $1,950
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,455$1,288 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $8,511Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $2,951
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,455professional $1,380

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
$1,000.00
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,691.53
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,570.40
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,041.74
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,344.23
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$6,309.57
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$8,511.38

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 36th of 51

$1,380

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.