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Open Surgery To Remove A Kidney Stone

Massachusetts 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?

$1,514

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,514 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,380 from a physician practice, and about $2,754 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$1,380$1,175 to $2,291
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,754$1,175 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $759 to $5,623Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $3,162
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,754professional $1,380

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
$1,174.90
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,548.13
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,079.46
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$8,317.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,019.95
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,659.59
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,691.53
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,079.46
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,162.28

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts $1,514 · 35th 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.