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Open Surgery To Remove A Kidney Stone

Florida 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?

$1,288

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,148 from a physician practice, and about $8,318 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 7 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$1,148$1,023 to $1,349
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8,318$3,020 to $12,882

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,318 · 10th to 90th $955 to $25,119Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $955 to $1,738
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $8,318professional $1,148

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,479.11
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$12,302.69
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$10,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,344.23
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$33,884.42
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,202.26
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,398.83
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 45th of 51

$1,288

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.