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Opening The Kidney's Collecting Basin

Michigan rates for HCPCS 50120

Open surgery that cuts into the funnel-shaped basin inside the kidney where urine gathers before it drains away, so the surgeon can look directly inside and examine it. It is done when imaging has not settled what is causing a blockage or other problem in that part of the kidney.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Opening The Kidney's Collecting Basin cost?

$1,202

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,202 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,148 from a physician practice, and about $4,898 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$1,148$955 to $1,288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,898$2,630 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $6,918Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $891 to $1,995
$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $4,898professional $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
$1,202.26
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,202.26
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,019.95
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,479.11
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,621.81

Where Michigan sits

The same service costs 7.8 times more in California than in Hawaii. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Michigan $1,202 · 37th of 51
CA $7,586HI $977

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.