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Freezing a Kidney Tumor Through the Skin

Montana rates for HCPCS 50593

Destroys a tumor in one kidney by passing needle-like probes through the skin into the growth under imaging guidance and freezing it, so the tumor cells die and are gradually absorbed. There is no incision and the kidney itself is kept. It is used for small kidney tumors, particularly in people for whom removing part of the kidney would be risky.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Freezing a Kidney Tumor Through the Skin cost?

$4,338

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,338 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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$871$646 to $5,754
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$692 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $676 to $7,079Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $427 to $6,918
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,467professional $871

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$8,912.51
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$23,442.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$5,754.40
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$6,606.93
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$6,456.54
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$23,442.29
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$7,943.28

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 4.3 times more in Alaska than in Montana. 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

Montana· 51st of 51

$4,338

$871 physician + $3,467 facility

AK $18,506MT $4,338

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.