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Open Surgery To Remove A Kidney Stone

Missouri 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?

$2,344

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,344 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,318 from a physician practice, and about $4,365 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$1,318$1,175 to $1,778
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,365$2,630 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $9,772Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $2,570
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $4,365professional $1,318

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
$1,288.25
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,570.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$10,000.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,238.72
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,511.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$10,471.29
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,754.23

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri $2,344 · 8th 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.