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Kidney Removal With Whole Ureter, Two Incisions

New Mexico rates for HCPCS 50236

Removes a kidney together with its entire drainage tube and a small collar of bladder wall where that tube enters the bladder. The upper part is reached through one incision and the lower part through a second, separate incision. It is major surgery under general anesthesia, done when disease affects the kidney and the full length of its drainage tube.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Kidney Removal With Whole Ureter, Two Incisions cost?

$4,000

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,000 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,862 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,138 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,862$1,413 to $2,239
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,138$2,042 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $7,762Professionalmedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $7,762
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0Kfacility $2,138professional $1,862

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,754.23
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$2,089.30
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,801.89
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$12,589.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,311.31

Where New Mexico sits

The same service costs 9.7 times more in Maine than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeNew Mexico $4,000 · 44th of 50
ME $21,494MD $2,210

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.