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Open Drainage Of A Kidney Abscess

Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,380 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,148 from a physician practice, and about $1,698 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 4 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$1,148$1,096 to $1,380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,698$1,148 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $912 to $6,457Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $912 to $3,162
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,698professional $1,148

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
$1,513.56
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,495.41
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 35th 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.