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Widening An Existing Kidney Access Passage

Minnesota 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?

$1,072

Typical facility fee. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,072 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $457 to $5,248.

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 $1,072 · 10th to 90th $309 to $10,233
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,072

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
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$15,848.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,445.44
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$9,120.11

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 42nd of 50

$1,072

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.