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Widening An Existing Kidney Access Passage

Tennessee 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?

$2,399

Typical facility fee. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,399 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,380 to $3,981.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $603 to $5,888
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,399

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
$467.74
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,073.80
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,309.57

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 32nd of 50

$2,399

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.