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Needle Drainage or Injection of a Kidney Cyst

Nevada rates for HCPCS 50390

Passes a needle through the skin of the back or flank into a fluid-filled cyst in the kidney, or into the kidney's collecting chamber, to draw fluid off or to put fluid in. Imaging guides the needle to the target. Draining a large cyst relieves the ache or pressure it has been causing, and the fluid removed can be examined.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Needle Drainage or Injection of a Kidney Cyst cost?

$1,698

Typical facility fee. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,698 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $912 to $3,467.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $95 to $4,467Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $2 to $138
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,698professional $95

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
$95.50
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$138.04
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,019.95

Where Nevada sits

The same service costs 60.3 times more in New Jersey 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.

Nevada· 27th of 50

$1,698

NJ $5,495WV $91.20

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.