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Keyhole Surgery To Treat Kidney Cysts

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 50541

Uses a camera and instruments passed through small abdominal incisions to open and destroy fluid-filled cysts on the kidney. Removing the cyst lining as well as draining it keeps fluid from collecting again. It is done when a cyst causes pain, bleeding, or pressure on the kidney.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Keyhole Surgery To Treat Kidney Cysts cost?

$6,478

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,478 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,230 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,248 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,230$912 to $1,259
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,248$1,862 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $7,244Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $871 to $1,738
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,248professional $1,230

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
$1,174.90
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,019.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,244.36
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,819.70
6 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
$501.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 4.6 times more in Wyoming than in Montana. 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

Arkansas· 22nd of 51

$6,478

$1,230 physician + $5,248 facility

WY $13,103MT $2,825

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.