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Closure Of Kidney-To-Skin Fistula

Alaska rates for HCPCS 50520

Surgery that closes an abnormal tunnel running from the kidney or its collecting funnel out to the skin surface, which leaks urine through the skin. The surgeon exposes the tract, removes the unhealthy tissue lining it, and sews the kidney opening shut so urine drains the normal way again. Such a tunnel usually follows earlier surgery, a drainage tube, injury, or long-standing infection.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Closure Of Kidney-To-Skin Fistula cost?

$4,074

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,074 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,074 from a physician practice, and about $2,692 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$4,074$2,570 to $5,248
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,692$1,585 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $9,772Professionalmedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $7,413
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $4,074

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,890.45
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$7,413.10
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$7,762.47
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,244.36
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$7,413.10
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$7,079.46

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in Alaska than in Delaware. 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.

Alaska· 1st of 51

$4,074

AK $4,074DE $1,202

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.