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Kidney Removal Through An Open Incision

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 50220

Removes a kidney together with the upper part of the ureter that drains it, through an open incision in the flank or abdomen, sometimes requiring a section of rib to be taken out for access. It is the straightforward version, without clearing the surrounding lymph nodes.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Kidney Removal Through An Open Incision cost?

$8,156

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,156 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,549 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,607 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 50 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,549$1,148 to $2,239
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,607$2,512 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,607 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $16,982Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $955 to $3,388
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,607professional $1,549

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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$12,022.64
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$20,892.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$8,317.64
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$9,772.37

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 6.9 times more in Wisconsin 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

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WI $12,455MD $1,809

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.