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Open Drainage Of A Kidney Abscess

Utah 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?

$1,514

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,514 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,445 from a physician practice, and about $3,715 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 7 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$1,445$1,047 to $1,905
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,715$2,951 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $6,026Professionalmedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $955 to $2,754
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,715professional $1,445

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
$1,445.44
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,137.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$2,041.74
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,165.95
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,089.30
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,949.84
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,089.30

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 25th of 51

$1,514

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.