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Complicated Open Surgery On The Kidney Pelvis

Washington 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?

$1,514

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,514 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,514 from a physician practice, and about $1,862 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$1,514$1,514 to $2,455
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,862$1,479 to $2,239

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $832 to $2,239Professionalmedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $9,120
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,862professional $1,514

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
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$6,918.31
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,120.11
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$9,120.11
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,818.38
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,238.72
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,513.56
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 32nd of 39

$1,514

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.