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Procedure price report · Nephrectomy, partial or complete

Open removal of a kidney

CPT 50220the billing code this page is about

Open surgery to remove a kidney, which may include taking out part of the attached ureter.

Hospitals typically charge $2,549 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 268 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,832. Most fall between $1,542 and $5,074 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
268
States
44
Filings dated
Jan 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 23, 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 268 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
$1,148$1,743$2,549$4,350$6,311

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,148 vs $6,311).

How the prices are spread

$854 – $1,080: 7 hospitals$854$1,080 – $1,366: 16 hospitals$1,366 – $1,728: 28 hospitals$1,366$1,728 – $2,186: 49 hospitals$2,186 – $2,765: 38 hospitals$2,186$2,765 – $3,497: 39 hospitals$3,497 – $4,424: 12 hospitals$3,497$4,424 – $5,596: 36 hospitals$5,596 – $7,078: 7 hospitals$5,596$7,078 – $8,953: 11 hospitals$7,078median $2,549price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (243 of 268 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$854$1,0807
$1,080$1,36616
$1,366$1,72828
$1,728$2,18649
$2,186$2,76538
$2,765$3,49739
$3,497$4,42412
$4,424$5,59636
$5,596$7,0787
$7,078$8,95311

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $2,549.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $2,392 across 16 hospitalsIL$2,392Wisconsin: median $5,074 across 28 hospitalsWI$5,074Michigan: median $2,086 across 30 hospitalsMI$2,086New York: median $2,515 across 13 hospitalsNY$2,515Massachusetts: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMAOregon: median $1,930 across 10 hospitalsOR$1,930Nevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $2,628 across 16 hospitalsIA$2,628Indiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $4,200 across 13 hospitalsOH$4,200Pennsylvania: median $3,141 across 11 hospitalsPA$3,141New Jersey: median $5,110 across 13 hospitalsNJ$5,110Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $2,045 across 10 hospitalsCA$2,045Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSCOklahoma: median $2,209 across 10 hospitalsOK$2,209Louisiana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTXFlorida: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,549. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ13$5,110+100%$3,986 – $5,855
Wisconsin WI28$5,074+99%$1,883 – $8,953
Ohio OH13$4,200+65%$2,155 – $4,857
Pennsylvania PA11$3,141+23%$2,384 – $3,306
Iowa IA16$2,628+3%$2,628 – $2,628
New York NY13$2,515−1%$920 – $3,227
Illinois IL16$2,392−6%$1,542 – $5,012
Oklahoma OK10$2,209−13%$2,209 – $2,209
Michigan MI30$2,086−18%$1,413 – $3,053
California CA10$2,045−20%$656 – $2,628
Oregon OR10$1,930−24%$1,673 – $2,290
Indiana IN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Texas TX4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN1not 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 $2,549.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care199$2,628$1,595 – $4,857
Children’s8fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access60$2,290$1,542 – $5,074
Ownership
For-profit20$2,945$1,542 – $5,074
Government41$2,401$1,692 – $3,511
Non-profit206$2,549$1,598 – $5,074
System affiliation
Part of a system204$2,628$1,542 – $5,074
Independent64$2,081$1,288 – $3,492

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,363
Median cash price$2,549
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. 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

176 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,209 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,392; most fall between $1,542 and $4,162.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 176 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
$1,137$1,631$2,209$3,177$5,074

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 4.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,137 vs $5,074).

Of the 211 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 176 gave a usable cash price; 25 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 10 a list price only.

How complete is this

268 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (7%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 340 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted268
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here45
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded26
Hospitals that filed this code340

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • 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 23, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Nephrectomy, partial or complete family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Nephrectomy W/Prtl Ureterectomy W/Open Rib Rescj.

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, “Open removal of a kidney (CPT 50220) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-50220-open-removal-of-a-kidney