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Open Drainage Of A Kidney Abscess

Tennessee 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 Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,380 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,259 from a physician practice, and about $2,630 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 5 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$1,047 to $1,585
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,630$1,820 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $977 to $5,248Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $977 to $2,818
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,630professional $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
$812.83
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,995.26
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,981.07
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,041.74
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$6,309.57
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,290.87

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 32nd 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.