Kidney Stone Removal Through The Back

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 50080

Removes a stone from the kidney or the funnel where it drains, working through a narrow channel made in the skin of the back. A scope is passed down the channel, and the stone is broken up and lifted out; a drainage tube or stent may be left afterwards. This version covers a straightforward stone; larger, branching, or scattered stones need a more involved operation.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Kidney Stone Removal Through The Back cost?

$7,504

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,504 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,047 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,457 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

14% physician fee86% facility fee

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 55 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the bill	Who charges it	Typical	Range
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it	The doctor who performs it	$1,047	$759 to $1,514
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center	The hospital or surgery center	$6,457	$3,162 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $18,197Professionalmedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $646 to $2,692

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	Facility/Professional	Modifier	Typical Low	Median	Typical High
Aetna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $1,023.29 Median $5,248.07 Typical High $13,489.63	Facility	Global	$1,023.29	$5,248.07	$13,489.63
BCBS Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $3,981.07 Median $9,120.11 Typical High $26,915.35	Facility	Global	$3,981.07	$9,120.11	$26,915.35
Cigna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $1,122.02 Median $2,454.71 Typical High $11,481.54	Facility	Global	$1,122.02	$2,454.71	$11,481.54
United Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $2,398.83 Median $7,585.78 Typical High $18,620.87	Facility	Global	$2,398.83	$7,585.78	$18,620.87

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 5.6 times more in Wisconsin than in South Dakota. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

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WI $16,721SD $3,009

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.