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Widening An Existing Kidney Access Passage

Texas 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?

$2,455

Typical facility fee. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,455 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,148 to $4,074.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $302 to $6,918
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,455

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
$537.03
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$6,918.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,025.60
Baylor Scott & White
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$5,011.87
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$9,772.37
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$316.23
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,244.36

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 31st of 50

$2,455

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.