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Widening An Existing Kidney Access Passage

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 50436

Widens a passage that already runs from the skin into the urine-collecting part of the kidney, so larger instruments can be passed along it to treat stones or other problems. Imaging guides the dilators as the channel is stretched, and a tube is often left in place at the end.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Widening An Existing Kidney Access Passage cost?

$1,820

Typical facility fee. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,820 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $977 to $3,236.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $575 to $3,890
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,820

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
$269.15
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,079.46

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 53.7 times more in New Mexico 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.

Arkansas· 37th of 50

$1,820

NM $7,586WV $141

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.