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Open Freezing Treatment of Kidney Growths

North Carolina 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 October 2026.

How much does Open Freezing Treatment of Kidney Growths cost?

$3,363

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,363 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,188 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,175 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$2,188$1,585 to $2,630
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,175$575 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $389 to $8,318Professionalmedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $3,311
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,175professional $2,188

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
$1,174.90
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$29,512.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,162.28
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,951.21
6 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
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,023.29
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$691.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$489.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$489.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$489.78

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 13.1 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

North Carolina· 31st of 51

$3,363

$2,188 physician + $1,175 facility

ME $24,607MD $1,881

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.