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Procedure price report · Other OR therapeutic procedures of urinary tract

Freezing ablation of kidney tumor through the skin

CPT 50593the billing code this page is about

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

Hospitals typically charge $10,386 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,500 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $10,507. Most fall between $5,660 and $17,003 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,500
States
50
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 1,500 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
$3,629$6,354$10,386$15,110$23,597

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($3,629 vs $23,597).

How the prices are spread

$2,188 – $2,845: 22 hospitals$2,188$2,845 – $3,700: 58 hospitals$3,700 – $4,811: 63 hospitals$3,700$4,811 – $6,257: 127 hospitals$6,257 – $8,137: 209 hospitals$6,257$8,137 – $10,582: 231 hospitals$10,582 – $13,762: 265 hospitals$10,582$13,762 – $17,897: 180 hospitals$17,897 – $23,274: 118 hospitals$17,897$23,274 – $30,267: 78 hospitals$23,274median $10,386price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,351 of 1,500 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$2,188$2,84522
$2,845$3,70058
$3,700$4,81163
$4,811$6,257127
$6,257$8,137209
$8,137$10,582231
$10,582$13,762265
$13,762$17,897180
$17,897$23,274118
$23,274$30,26778

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$10,860
Median cash price$10,386
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.96×

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 $10,386.

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: 2 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 $8,148 across 38 hospitalsWA$8,148Idaho: median $10,336 across 13 hospitalsID$10,336Montana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $10,511 across 37 hospitalsMN$10,511Illinois: median $9,085 across 64 hospitalsIL$9,085Wisconsin: median $9,783 across 50 hospitalsWI$9,783Michigan: median $9,330 across 55 hospitalsMI$9,330New York: median $12,320 across 63 hospitalsNY$12,320Massachusetts: median $10,939 across 30 hospitalsMA$10,939Oregon: median $11,125 across 32 hospitalsOR$11,125Nevada: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $10,051 across 20 hospitalsIA$10,051Indiana: median $6,865 across 49 hospitalsIN$6,865Ohio: median $9,434 across 91 hospitalsOH$9,434Pennsylvania: median $17,602 across 64 hospitalsPA$17,602New Jersey: median $11,534 across 49 hospitalsNJ$11,534Connecticut: median $10,400 across 16 hospitalsCT$10,400Rhode Island: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $14,538 across 116 hospitalsCA$14,538Utah: median $10,336 across 23 hospitalsUT$10,336Colorado: median $7,595 across 32 hospitalsCO$7,595Nebraska: median $5,283 across 17 hospitalsNE$5,283Missouri: median $9,635 across 33 hospitalsMO$9,635Kentucky: median $32,512 across 20 hospitalsKY$32,512West Virginia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $7,919 across 33 hospitalsVA$7,919Maryland: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $6,615 across 26 hospitalsAZ$6,615New Mexico: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $9,910 across 11 hospitalsKS$9,910Arkansas: median $4,365 across 11 hospitalsAR$4,365Tennessee: median $3,062 across 31 hospitalsTN$3,062North Carolina: median $7,271 across 40 hospitalsNC$7,271South Carolina: median $12,846 across 33 hospitalsSC$12,846Oklahoma: median $7,097 across 27 hospitalsOK$7,097Louisiana: median $6,095 across 26 hospitalsLA$6,095Mississippi: median $6,993 across 22 hospitalsMS$6,993Alabama: median $12,616 across 13 hospitalsAL$12,616Georgia: median $12,072 across 52 hospitalsGA$12,072Hawaii: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $10,625 across 109 hospitalsTX$10,625Florida: median $14,030 across 77 hospitalsFL$14,030
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $10,386. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Kentucky KY20$32,512+213%$6,223 – $32,512
Pennsylvania PA64$17,602+69%$11,165 – $27,544
California CA116$14,538+40%$8,346 – $20,420
Florida FL77$14,030+35%$9,066 – $20,681
South Carolina SC33$12,846+24%$8,294 – $14,855
Alabama AL13$12,616+21%$7,910 – $22,327
New York NY63$12,320+19%$7,596 – $21,735
Georgia GA52$12,072+16%$5,657 – $19,323
New Jersey NJ49$11,534+11%$4,881 – $13,892
Oregon OR32$11,125+7%$6,933 – $18,110
Massachusetts MA30$10,939+5%$6,354 – $30,453
Texas TX109$10,625+2%$7,870 – $22,536
Minnesota MN37$10,511+1%$5,715 – $12,589
Connecticut CT16$10,4000%$8,857 – $12,801
Idaho ID13$10,3360%$6,767 – $26,271
Utah UT23$10,3360%$10,336 – $12,160
Iowa IA20$10,051−3%$6,943 – $10,554
Kansas KS11$9,910−5%$8,056 – $45,048
Wisconsin WI50$9,783−6%$6,354 – $10,485
Missouri MO33$9,635−7%$5,124 – $12,325
Ohio OH91$9,434−9%$6,669 – $15,700
Michigan MI55$9,330−10%$566 – $28,027
Illinois IL64$9,085−13%$4,384 – $19,289
Washington WA38$8,148−22%$5,025 – $13,330
Virginia VA33$7,919−24%$4,217 – $15,110
Colorado CO32$7,595−27%$5,556 – $12,520
North Carolina NC40$7,271−30%$3,437 – $9,314
Oklahoma OK27$7,097−32%$5,559 – $14,441
Mississippi MS22$6,993−33%$4,555 – $13,432
Indiana IN49$6,865−34%$5,810 – $14,468
Arizona AZ26$6,615−36%$3,172 – $17,710
Louisiana LA26$6,095−41%$4,558 – $13,642
Nebraska NE17$5,283−49%$4,576 – $8,043
Arkansas AR11$4,365−58%$2,886 – $6,748
Tennessee TN31$3,062−71%$1,503 – $3,959
Hawaii HI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not 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 $10,386.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,335$10,488$5,657 – $17,331
Children’s23$10,652$6,443 – $21,998
Critical access133$9,783$6,354 – $13,432
Ownership
For-profit136$12,072$5,810 – $22,536
Government178$8,287$4,535 – $15,270
Non-profit1,177$10,470$5,762 – $16,673
System affiliation
Part of a system1,330$10,386$5,741 – $17,052
Independent170$9,910$5,309 – $16,536

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$17,519
Median cash price$10,386
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

1,172 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $10,386 and the average of the middle 60% is $10,517; most fall between $5,657 and $17,331.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,172 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
$3,629$6,354$10,386$15,278$23,961

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($3,629 vs $23,961).

Of the 1,252 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,172 gave a usable cash price; 36 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 43 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,500 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (38%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,607 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,500
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here54
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded4
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded48
Hospitals that filed this code1,607

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 OR therapeutic procedures of urinary tract family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as PR Ablation Renal Tumor Unilateral Perq Cryotherapy.

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, “Freezing ablation of kidney tumor through the skin (CPT 50593) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-50593-freezing-ablation-of-kidney-tumor-through-the-skin