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Open Freezing Treatment of Kidney Growths

Pennsylvania 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?

$2,312

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,312 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,288 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,023 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,288$1,175 to $1,738
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,023$513 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $324 to $8,511Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $2,344
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,023professional $1,288

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
$1,288.25
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$28,183.83
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,398.83
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,344.23
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,819.70
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$4,073.80
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,964.78
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,677.35
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,174.90
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,454.71

Where Pennsylvania 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

Pennsylvania· 48th of 51

$2,312

$1,288 physician + $1,023 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.