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Destroying A Kidney Tumor Through The Skin

Tennessee 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?

$6,129

Typical total for the visit. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,129 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,239 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,890 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,239$457 to $4,365
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,890$2,089 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $8,710Professionalmedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $339 to $25,119
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,890professional $2,239

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
$1,819.70
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$2,884.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$8,317.64
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$4,897.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,606.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$5,370.32
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25,118.86
Median
$33,113.11
Typical High
$33,113.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$6,309.57

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 31st of 51

$6,129

$2,239 physician + $3,890 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.