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Complicated Open Surgery On The Kidney Pelvis

Minnesota 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?

$3,311

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,311 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,020 from a physician practice, and about $3,890 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 3 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$3,020$2,512 to $3,890
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,890$3,090 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $2,951 to $8,318Professionalmedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $2,138 to $4,571
$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,890professional $3,020

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
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$10,715.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,128.61
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$8,317.64
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$8,709.64

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 18th of 46

$3,311

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.