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Removal Of A Transplanted Kidney

California rates for HCPCS 50370

Takes out a kidney transplant that has failed or has become a source of infection, rejection, pain, or bleeding. The surgeon opens the area low on one side of the abdomen where the transplant was placed, separates it from the blood vessels and the tube to the bladder, and removes it. The person's original kidneys are not part of this operation.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Transplanted Kidney cost?

$10,000

Typical facility fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,000 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $6,607 to $13,804.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,471 · 10th to 90th $3,388 to $17,783Professionalmedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $776 to $2,692
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $10,471professional $1,413

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$22,908.68
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$17,782.79
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,606.93
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,548.82
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,691.53
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$7,585.78
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$17,378.01

Where California sits

The same service costs 9.1 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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.

California· 2nd of 49

$10,000

IN $10,715WV $1,175

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.