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Kidney Biopsy Through A Surgical Incision

Alaska rates for HCPCS 50205

Takes a sample of kidney tissue for laboratory examination by opening the skin and muscle to expose the kidney directly, rather than passing a needle in through the skin. The open route is chosen when a needle sample would be unsafe or has already failed to give an answer. The tissue is then examined under a microscope to explain kidney damage or disease.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Kidney Biopsy Through A Surgical Incision cost?

$7,356

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,356 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,090 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,090$2,042 to $3,090
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$1,820 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $251,189Professionalmedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $794 to $4,467
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $4,266professional $3,090

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,511.89
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,897.79
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,128.61
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,090.30
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$251,188.64
Typical High
$346,736.85
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,677.35

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 16.9 times more in Maine than in Maryland. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 6th of 51

$7,356

$3,090 physician + $4,266 facility

ME $23,956MD $1,413

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.