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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 October 2026.

How much does Open Drainage Of A Kidney Abscess cost?

$1,585

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,585 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,413 from a physician practice, and about $1,862 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,413$1,096 to $3,020
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,862$1,175 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $832 to $4,169Professionalmedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $977 to $7,762
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,862professional $1,413

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,041.74
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,290.87
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$954.99

Where Tennessee sits

The same service costs 5.9 times more in Alaska than in Utah. 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· 16th of 51

$1,585

AK $4,074UT $692

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.