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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 July 2026.

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

$2,239

Typical facility fee. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,239 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,585 to $2,512.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $2,754Professionalmedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $2,884
$1K$2Kfacility $2,239professional $2,239

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
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,818.38
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,884.03
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,238.72
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,513.56
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,621.81

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 28th of 46

$2,239

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.