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Complicated Open Surgery On The Kidney Pelvis

New York 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?

$6,761

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,761 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,905 from a physician practice, and about $7,762 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 4 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$1,905$1,514 to $2,344
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,762$4,786 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,762 · 10th to 90th $3,890 to $13,490Professionalmedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $14,125
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $7,762professional $1,905

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
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$13,489.63
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$37,153.52
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$15,135.61

Where New York 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.

New York· 11th of 46

$6,761

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.