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Back-Table Ureter Reconstruction Of A Donor Kidney

Tennessee 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?

$1,664

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,664 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $251 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,413 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$251$191 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$676 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $513 to $3,890Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $170 to $1,413
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,413professional $251

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
$2,454.71
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,715.35
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$354.81
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$398.11
3 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
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$23.44

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 18th of 51

$1,664

$251 physician + $1,413 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.