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Kidney Stone Removal Through The Back

Utah 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?

$6,527

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,527 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $501 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,026 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$501$427 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,026$4,169 to $13,804

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $19,953Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $363 to $1,175
$100$1K$10Kfacility $6,026professional $501

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
$1,230.27
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,479.11
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$616.60
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15,135.61
Median
$19,054.61
Typical High
$27,542.29
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,621.81
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,584.89
7 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$22,387.21
Median
$28,840.32
Typical High
$41,686.94

Where Utah 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

Utah· 23rd of 51

$6,527

$501 physician + $6,026 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.