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Complicated Open Surgery On The Kidney Pelvis

Wisconsin 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?

$10,000

Typical negotiated rate. In Wisconsin, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,000 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,074 from a physician practice, and about $10,965 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 6 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$4,074$3,548 to $5,495
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10,965$7,586 to $13,804

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,965 · 10th to 90th $6,166 to $19,055Professionalmedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $2,089 to $8,710
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $10,965professional $4,074

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
$6,606.93
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$19,054.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,073.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$8,709.64
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Quartz
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$6,918.31
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$17,782.79
Typical High
$20,892.96

Where Wisconsin 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.

Wisconsin· 6th of 46

$10,000

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.