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Needle Drainage or Injection of a Kidney Cyst

Pennsylvania 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?

$2,570

Typical facility fee. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,570 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,230 to $4,266.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $407 to $7,762
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,570

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
$295.12
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,762.47
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$57,543.99
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,511.89
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$7,762.47
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,890.45

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 17th of 50

$2,570

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.