go back

Open Surgery To Remove A Kidney Stone

Oklahoma 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?

$5,370

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,370 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,288 from a physician practice, and about $7,762 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$1,288$1,259 to $1,514
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,762$1,862 to $12,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,762 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $16,982Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $2,089
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,762professional $1,288

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
$1,000.00
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,621.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$18,620.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$6,025.60
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,819.70

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 1st of 51

$5,370

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.