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Open Drainage Of A Kidney Abscess

Nevada 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 Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,096 from a physician practice, and about $2,239 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$1,096$1,047 to $1,318
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,239$2,089 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $5,888Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $955 to $2,455
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,239professional $1,096

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
$1,047.13
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$4,786.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$5,495.41
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,888.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,778.28
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,584.89
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,041.74

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 40th 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.