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Creating And Widening A Kidney Access Passage

New York rates for HCPCS 50437

Creates a passage from the skin into the urine-collecting part of the kidney and then widens it, so instruments can be passed through to treat stones or other problems. Imaging guides the needle and the dilators, and a tube is often left in the passage at the end. Both the new passage and the widening are done in the same session.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Creating And Widening A Kidney Access Passage cost?

$4,677

Typical facility fee. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,677 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,884 to $7,586.

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 $4,677 · 10th to 90th $417 to $10,965
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,677

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
$323.59
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$8,128.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$12,882.50
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$7,762.47
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$851.14
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$50,118.72
Typical High
$75,857.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$10,471.29
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$537.03

Where New York sits

The same service costs 43.7 times more in Indiana 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.

New York· 14th of 50

$4,677

IN $10,233WV $234

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.