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Open Drainage Of A Kidney Abscess

New Mexico 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?

$1,288

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,259 from a physician practice, and about $1,820 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$1,259$1,072 to $1,549
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,820$1,380 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $7,762Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $977 to $2,344
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,820professional $1,259

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
$1,380.38
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$5,495.41
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,949.84
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$1,445.44
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,570.40
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,344.23

Where New Mexico 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.

New Mexico· 41st of 51

$1,288

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.