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Destroying A Kidney Tumor Through The Skin

North Dakota rates for HCPCS 50592

A needle-like probe is passed through the skin into a kidney tumor under imaging guidance, and the tumor is destroyed where it sits instead of being cut out. One or more tumors can be treated in the same session. It is used when an operation to remove the tumor is not the best option.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Destroying A Kidney Tumor Through The Skin cost?

$5,656

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,656 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,344 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,311 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,344$661 to $5,370
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$347 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $347 to $5,495Professionalmedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $525 to $6,310
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,311professional $2,344

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,311.31
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$2,290.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$3,311.31
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$6,309.57
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$7,585.78
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$9,549.93
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$4,466.84
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$7,413.10
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,623.41
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$5,888.44

Where North Dakota sits

The same service costs 3.6 times more in Colorado than in Kentucky. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

North Dakota· 36th of 51

$5,656

$2,344 physician + $3,311 facility

CO $12,089KY $3,325

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.