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Closure Of An Abnormal Kidney Channel

New Hampshire rates for HCPCS 50526

An operation to close an abnormal channel that has formed between the kidney and a neighbouring organ, so that urine stops leaking along it. The channel is separated and the openings on both sides are repaired. These channels can follow infection, injury, previous surgery or disease of the kidney.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Closure Of An Abnormal Kidney Channel cost?

$2,951

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,951 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,692 from a physician practice, and about $13,183 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 5 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$2,692$1,778 to $3,467
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13,183$5,623 to $21,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13,183 · 10th to 90th $5,495 to $23,988Professionalmedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $4,571
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $13,183professional $2,692

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
$100.00
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,995.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$24,547.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,677.35
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$7,413.10
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,128.61

Where New Hampshire sits

The same service costs 5.6 times more in California 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 Hampshire· 12th of 51

$2,951

CA $8,913WV $1,585

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.