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Open Surgery To Remove A Kidney Stone

Alaska rates for HCPCS 50060

An operation that opens the kidney through an incision and lifts a stone out from inside it. It is used for stones that cannot be cleared by gentler methods such as shock-wave treatment or a scope passed up the urinary tract.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Open Surgery To Remove A Kidney Stone cost?

$3,981

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,981 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,981 from a physician practice, and about $2,089 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3,981$2,512 to $5,370
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,089$1,380 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $9,772Professionalmedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $7,413
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,089professional $3,981

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,981.07
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$7,413.10
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,943.28
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$7,079.46
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$7,413.10
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,244.36

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in Oklahoma than in Maryland. 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.

Alaska· 3rd of 51

$3,981

OK $5,370MD $1,202

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.