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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 October 2026.

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

$3,020

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,020 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,162 from a physician practice, and about $2,692 from a hospital or other facility.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3,162$2,399 to $4,169
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,692$2,089 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $5,370Professionalmedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $5,495
$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $3,162

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$12,302.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,011.87
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,466.84
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,466.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$2,454.71
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
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 Illinois 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.

Minnesota· 20th of 39

$3,020

IL $17,783HI $1,148

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.