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Kidney Removal From A Living Donor

South Dakota rates for HCPCS 50320

Removal of a healthy kidney from a living donor through a surgical incision, so that it can be transplanted into someone with kidney failure. The kidney is cooled and preserved as it is taken out. The donor is a healthy person undergoing an operation for another person's benefit, and recovers with one kidney.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Kidney Removal From A Living Donor cost?

$5,029

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,029 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,630 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,399 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,630$1,549 to $3,388
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,399$1,862 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $4,365Professionalmedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $4,266
$2K$5Kfacility $2,399professional $2,630

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
$1,479.11
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,265.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,890.45
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$12,589.25
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,388.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$2,951.21
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,073.80
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,630.78

Where South Dakota sits

The same service costs 5.3 times more in Indiana 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

South Dakota· 32nd of 49

$5,029

$2,630 physician + $2,399 facility

IN $12,375MD $2,320

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.