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Procedure price report · Nephrotomy and nephrostomy

Surgical drainage of an abscess around the kidney

CPT 50020the billing code this page is about

Procedure to open and drain a pocket of infection inside or around the kidney.

Hospitals typically charge $2,832 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 340 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,153. Most fall between $1,677 and $5,110 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
340
States
41
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 340 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$1,296$1,764$2,832$5,049$7,727

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,296 vs $7,727).

How the prices are spread

$944 – $1,176: 15 hospitals$944$1,176 – $1,465: 22 hospitals$1,465 – $1,825: 39 hospitals$1,465$1,825 – $2,273: 32 hospitals$2,273 – $2,831: 45 hospitals$2,273$2,831 – $3,526: 28 hospitals$3,526 – $4,393: 29 hospitals$3,526$4,393 – $5,471: 53 hospitals$5,471 – $6,815: 21 hospitals$5,471$6,815 – $8,490: 29 hospitals$6,815median $2,832price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (313 of 340 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$944$1,17615
$1,176$1,46522
$1,465$1,82539
$1,825$2,27332
$2,273$2,83145
$2,831$3,52628
$3,526$4,39329
$4,393$5,47153
$5,471$6,81521
$6,815$8,49029

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$2,136
Median cash price$2,832
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.33×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $2,832.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,752 across 15 hospitalsIL$1,752Wisconsin: median $5,061 across 12 hospitalsWI$5,061Michigan: median $2,874 across 13 hospitalsMI$2,874New York: median $2,424 across 27 hospitalsNY$2,424Massachusetts: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMAOregon: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $2,299 across 16 hospitalsIA$2,299Indiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $6,125 across 18 hospitalsOH$6,125Pennsylvania: median $944 across 20 hospitalsPA$944New Jersey: median $3,786 across 26 hospitalsNJ$3,786Connecticut: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $6,083 across 46 hospitalsCA$6,083Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $3,830 across 11 hospitalsMO$3,830Kentucky: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceVAMaryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNMKansas: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,677 across 14 hospitalsOK$1,677Louisiana: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceGAHawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: median $2,832 across 21 hospitalsTX$2,832Florida: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,832. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Ohio OH18$6,125+116%$3,729 – $6,125
California CA46$6,083+115%$5,049 – $8,490
Wisconsin WI12$5,061+79%$5,061 – $5,061
Missouri MO11$3,830+35%$1,669 – $3,830
New Jersey NJ26$3,786+34%$2,269 – $5,741
Michigan MI13$2,874+2%$1,780 – $5,061
Texas TX21$2,8320%$2,801 – $2,832
New York NY27$2,424−14%$1,680 – $2,885
Iowa IA16$2,299−19%$1,389 – $3,172
Illinois IL15$1,752−38%$1,427 – $3,158
Oklahoma OK14$1,677−41%$1,677 – $4,177
Pennsylvania PA20$944−67%$600 – $3,860
Florida FL9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $2,832.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care296$2,832$1,677 – $5,447
Children’s8fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access35$2,558$1,427 – $5,061
Ownership
For-profit28$2,823$1,427 – $5,061
Government50$2,424$1,792 – $3,600
Non-profit261$2,885$1,669 – $5,353
System affiliation
Part of a system276$2,954$1,677 – $5,729
Independent64$2,246$1,632 – $3,600

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,271
Median cash price$2,832
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

249 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,832 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,211; most fall between $1,515 and $5,300.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 249 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$1,139$1,677$2,832$5,061$8,490

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,139 vs $8,490).

Of the 277 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 249 gave a usable cash price; 19 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 9 a list price only.

How complete is this

340 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (9%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 388 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted340
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here37
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded9
Hospitals that filed this code388

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Nephrotomy and nephrostomy family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Drainage Perirenal/Renal Abscess Open.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Surgical drainage of an abscess around the kidney (CPT 50020) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-50020-surgical-drainage-of-an-abscess-around-the-kidney