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Radical Kidney Removal With Lymph Nodes

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 50230

Removes an entire kidney along with the fat and covering layer around it and the nearby lymph nodes; if tumor has grown into the large vein draining the kidney, that is cleared as well. It is done through an open incision, sometimes taking out a section of rib to reach the kidney.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Radical Kidney Removal With Lymph Nodes cost?

$5,045

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,045 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,754 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,754$2,042 to $3,981
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$1,259 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $5,129Professionalmedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $5,248
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,291professional $2,754

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
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,513.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,762.47
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,630.78
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,754.40
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,128.61
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,011.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,388.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$5,248.07
12 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$13,489.63
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,760.83
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,754.23

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 12.5 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

Minnesota· 16th of 51

$5,045

$2,754 physician + $2,291 facility

ME $24,646MD $1,975

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.