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Freezing a Kidney Tumor Through the Skin

West Virginia 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 July 2026.

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

$1,413

Typical facility fee. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,413 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $427 to $3,388.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $427 to $3,631
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $1,413

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
$426.58
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,388.44
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19,952.62
Median
$19,952.62
Typical High
$22,908.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$29,512.09

Where West Virginia sits

The same service costs 19.1 times more in Indiana 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.

West Virginia· 50th of 50

$1,413

IN $26,915WV $1,413

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.