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Kidney Removal Through An Open Incision

Iowa 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 October 2026.

How much does Kidney Removal Through An Open Incision cost?

$4,582

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,582 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,291 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,291$1,585 to $2,630
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$1,514 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $603 to $6,607Professionalmedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $3,311
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,291professional $2,291

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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,951.21
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,162.28
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$4,897.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$7,762.47
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,884.03
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,388.44
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,290.87

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 14.0 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

Iowa· 17th of 51

$4,582

$2,291 physician + $2,291 facility

ME $24,388MD $1,737

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.