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Procedure price report · Other non-OR therapeutic procedures of urinary tract

Heat ablation of kidney tumor through the skin

CPT 50592the billing code this page is about

A needle probe is passed through the skin into the kidney and radiofrequency heat destroys one or more tumors on one side; billed once per side treated.

Hospitals typically charge $7,244 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,386 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $7,729. Most fall between $4,294 and $12,846 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,386
States
50
Filings dated
Feb 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 1,386 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
$2,550$4,990$7,244$11,263$17,570

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($2,550 vs $17,570).

How the prices are spread

$1,674 – $2,180: 52 hospitals$1,674$2,180 – $2,838: 41 hospitals$2,838 – $3,695: 61 hospitals$2,838$3,695 – $4,811: 106 hospitals$4,811 – $6,263: 207 hospitals$4,811$6,263 – $8,154: 263 hospitals$8,154 – $10,616: 212 hospitals$8,154$10,616 – $13,821: 119 hospitals$13,821 – $17,994: 123 hospitals$13,821$17,994 – $23,427: 70 hospitals$17,994median $7,244price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,254 of 1,386 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$1,674$2,18052
$2,180$2,83841
$2,838$3,69561
$3,695$4,811106
$4,811$6,263207
$6,263$8,154263
$8,154$10,616212
$10,616$13,821119
$13,821$17,994123
$17,994$23,42770

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$6,176
Median cash price$7,244
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.17×

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 $7,244.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $6,696 across 37 hospitalsWA$6,696Idaho: median $10,539 across 12 hospitalsID$10,539Montana: median $4,898 across 11 hospitalsMT$4,898North Dakota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $5,870 across 26 hospitalsMN$5,870Illinois: median $5,629 across 59 hospitalsIL$5,629Wisconsin: median $7,126 across 40 hospitalsWI$7,126Michigan: median $8,313 across 43 hospitalsMI$8,313New York: median $8,630 across 63 hospitalsNY$8,630Massachusetts: median $7,266 across 20 hospitalsMA$7,266Oregon: median $10,764 across 22 hospitalsOR$10,764Nevada: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $7,806 across 20 hospitalsIA$7,806Indiana: median $3,502 across 39 hospitalsIN$3,502Ohio: median $8,800 across 83 hospitalsOH$8,800Pennsylvania: median $8,904 across 62 hospitalsPA$8,904New Jersey: median $6,770 across 52 hospitalsNJ$6,770Connecticut: median $7,662 across 12 hospitalsCT$7,662Rhode Island: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $8,994 across 119 hospitalsCA$8,994Utah: median $10,539 across 23 hospitalsUT$10,539Colorado: median $6,619 across 28 hospitalsCO$6,619Nebraska: median $4,990 across 14 hospitalsNE$4,990Missouri: median $7,212 across 24 hospitalsMO$7,212Kentucky: median $23,427 across 18 hospitalsKY$23,427West Virginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $6,242 across 34 hospitalsVA$6,242Maryland: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $7,210 across 22 hospitalsAZ$7,210New Mexico: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $1,773 across 30 hospitalsTN$1,773North Carolina: median $5,057 across 33 hospitalsNC$5,057South Carolina: median $9,897 across 32 hospitalsSC$9,897Oklahoma: median $4,777 across 24 hospitalsOK$4,777Louisiana: median $6,479 across 23 hospitalsLA$6,479Mississippi: median $3,850 across 19 hospitalsMS$3,850Alabama: median $7,558 across 15 hospitalsAL$7,558Georgia: median $6,034 across 58 hospitalsGA$6,034Hawaii: median $5,116 across 10 hospitalsHI$5,116Texas: median $7,386 across 109 hospitalsTX$7,386Florida: median $10,173 across 78 hospitalsFL$10,173
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $7,244. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Kentucky KY18$23,427+223%$3,769 – $27,492
Oregon OR22$10,764+49%$614 – $18,076
Idaho ID12$10,539+45%$7,800 – $15,131
Utah UT23$10,539+45%$10,539 – $12,399
Florida FL78$10,173+40%$6,140 – $18,817
South Carolina SC32$9,897+37%$4,469 – $12,846
California CA119$8,994+24%$6,523 – $15,220
Pennsylvania PA62$8,904+23%$5,947 – $17,216
Ohio OH83$8,800+21%$4,922 – $17,445
New York NY63$8,630+19%$6,449 – $21,572
Michigan MI43$8,313+15%$6,093 – $16,560
Iowa IA20$7,806+8%$5,079 – $8,465
Connecticut CT12$7,662+6%$7,217 – $20,559
Alabama AL15$7,558+4%$5,478 – $12,947
Texas TX109$7,386+2%$4,443 – $18,526
Massachusetts MA20$7,2660%$3,895 – $9,713
Missouri MO24$7,2120%$6,049 – $9,695
Arizona AZ22$7,2100%$2,273 – $11,263
Wisconsin WI40$7,126−2%$5,138 – $8,379
New Jersey NJ52$6,770−7%$4,881 – $8,173
Washington WA37$6,696−8%$2,970 – $11,838
Colorado CO28$6,619−9%$5,673 – $11,953
Louisiana LA23$6,479−11%$3,076 – $11,070
Virginia VA34$6,242−14%$4,374 – $8,795
Georgia GA58$6,034−17%$5,642 – $15,721
Minnesota MN26$5,870−19%$2,834 – $10,191
Illinois IL59$5,629−22%$3,000 – $12,520
Hawaii HI10$5,116−29%$3,088 – $8,068
North Carolina NC33$5,057−30%$2,664 – $6,376
Nebraska NE14$4,990−31%$3,936 – $5,602
Montana MT11$4,898−32%$3,730 – $6,782
Oklahoma OK24$4,777−34%$3,462 – $6,643
Mississippi MS19$3,850−47%$2,073 – $7,526
Indiana IN39$3,502−52%$2,099 – $8,676
Tennessee TN30$1,773−76%$1,644 – $4,372
Arkansas AR8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV3not 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 $7,244.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,243$7,244$4,312 – $12,846
Children’s20$10,181$4,922 – $15,121
Critical access116$7,126$3,088 – $10,594
Ownership
For-profit121$7,737$5,217 – $16,660
Government164$5,897$3,088 – $10,769
Non-profit1,094$7,526$4,372 – $12,846
System affiliation
Part of a system1,232$7,288$4,316 – $12,846
Independent154$6,804$4,043 – $12,568

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$13,293
Median cash price$7,244
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

1,089 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $7,244 and the average of the middle 60% is $7,790; most fall between $4,180 and $13,284.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,089 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
$2,456$4,898$7,244$11,437$17,445

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.1× what the cheapest tenth charges ($2,456 vs $17,445).

Of the 1,160 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,089 gave a usable cash price; 30 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 40 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,386 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (35%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,481 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,386
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here47
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 — excluded47
Hospitals that filed this code1,481

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 Other non-OR therapeutic procedures of urinary tract family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as PR Perc Radiofreq Ablate Renal Tumor.

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.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Heat ablation of kidney tumor through the skin (CPT 50592) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-50592-heat-ablation-of-kidney-tumor-through-the-skin