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Opening The Kidney's Collecting Basin

South Dakota 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?

$1,660

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,660 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,660 from a physician practice, and about $1,995 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$1,660$1,047 to $2,188
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,995$1,259 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $4,365Professionalmedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $813 to $2,692
$1K$2Kfacility $1,995professional $1,660

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,454.71
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$7,079.46
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,238.72
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,630.27
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,089.30

Where South Dakota sits

The same service costs 7.8 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.

South Dakota· 18th of 51

$1,660

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.