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Complicated Open Surgery On The Kidney Pelvis

Georgia rates for HCPCS 50135

An operation that opens the funnel-shaped collecting chamber where urine leaves the kidney, reached through an incision in the side or back. This version covers the more difficult situations — a kidney that has already been operated on, or one that is abnormally formed from birth — where scarring or unusual anatomy makes the surgery considerably harder.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Complicated Open Surgery On The Kidney Pelvis cost?

$4,365

Typical facility fee. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,365 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,344 to $7,244.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $10,471Professionalmedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $6,310
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,365professional $3,467

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
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$10,471.29
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$4,265.80

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 15.5 times more in Indiana than in Pennsylvania. 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.

Georgia· 16th of 46

$4,365

IN $17,378PA $1,122

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.