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Open Surgery To Remove A Kidney Stone

Louisiana 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?

$1,778

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,778 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,698 from a physician practice, and about $2,512 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 5 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$1,698$1,288 to $1,905
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,512$1,202 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $891 to $4,365Professionalmedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $1,995
$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0Kfacility $2,512professional $1,698

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
$933.25
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,995.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,905.46
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,187.76

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in Oklahoma than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Louisiana $1,778 · 23rd of 51
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.