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Open Removal Of A Kidney Stone

Nevada rates for HCPCS 50070

An operation in which the kidney is reached through an incision in the flank and opened so that a stone can be taken out directly. It is used when a stone cannot be treated with shock waves or through a scope, for instance because of its size or the shape of the kidney.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Open Removal Of A Kidney Stone cost?

$1,479

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,318 from a physician practice, and about $4,467 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$1,202 to $1,549
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,467$1,230 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $10,233Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $2,399
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $4,467professional $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
$1,202.26
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$6,309.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$10,232.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,089.30
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,819.70
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,995.26

Where Nevada sits

The same service costs 3.9 times more in California than in West Virginia. 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.

Nevada· 40th of 51

$1,479

CA $4,898WV $1,259

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.