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Back-Table Ureter Reconstruction Of A Donor Kidney

New Jersey rates for HCPCS 50329

Repairs or joins the ureter, the tube that carries urine away from a donor kidney, on a side table before the kidney is transplanted. It is done when the donated kidney has more than one such tube or one that is damaged or too short. Each join is counted separately, and it is billed in addition to the transplant.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Back-Table Ureter Reconstruction Of A Donor Kidney cost?

$2,048

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,048 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $186 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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$186$158 to $245
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$871 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $347 to $8,511Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $135 to $437
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,862professional $186

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
$4,365.16
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$12,882.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$22.39
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$478.63
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$263.03
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$436.52

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 12.9 times more in Colorado than in Massachusetts. 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

New Jersey· 14th of 51

$2,048

$186 physician + $1,862 facility

CO $6,573MA $508

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.