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Kidney Stone Removal Through The Back

Iowa 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 October 2026.

How much does Kidney Stone Removal Through The Back cost?

$6,411

Typical total for the visit. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,411 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,514 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,514$1,259 to $2,042
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$1,905 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $16,982Professionalmedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $2,818
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $1,514

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$10,471.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,187.76
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$19,054.61
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$7,762.47
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,041.74
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$10,471.29
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,818.38
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,479.11

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 6.6 times more in Colorado than in Kentucky. 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

Iowa· 24th of 51

$6,411

$1,514 physician + $4,898 facility

CO $14,612KY $2,222

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.