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Open Drainage Of A Kidney Abscess

Nebraska 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?

$2,138

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,738 from a physician practice, and about $4,365 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$1,738$1,047 to $2,239
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,365$2,692 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $13,490Professionalmedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $933 to $5,495
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,365professional $1,738

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
$2,089.30
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$13,489.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$5,495.41
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$25,118.86
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,884.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$7,943.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$7,585.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,162.28
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,818.38

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 10th of 51

$2,138

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.