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Open Freezing Treatment of Kidney Growths

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 50250

Open surgery in which one or more growths in the kidney are destroyed by freezing rather than being cut out. The surgeon exposes the kidney through an incision and applies a freezing probe directly to each growth, using ultrasound during the operation to guide and check the treatment. The rest of the kidney is left in place.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Open Freezing Treatment of Kidney Growths cost?

$8,005

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,005 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,549 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,457 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 66 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,549$1,230 to $2,344
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,457$2,951 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $16,218Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $3,802
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $6,457professional $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
$1,380.38
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,981.07
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$19,498.45
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$11,748.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,951.21

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 10.9 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

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ME $21,158MD $1,949

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.