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Keyhole Surgery To Treat Kidney Cysts

California 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 July 2026.

How much does Keyhole Surgery To Treat Kidney Cysts cost?

$9,333

Typical facility fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,333 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $6,457 to $13,804.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,000 · 10th to 90th $3,631 to $18,197Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $724 to $1,905
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $10,000professional $1,000

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
$4,168.69
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$22,387.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$17,782.79
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$16,595.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$14,791.08
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,230.27
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,949.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$28,840.32
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$2,884.03
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$25,703.96

Where California sits

The same service costs 20.9 times more in Wyoming 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.

California· 8th of 50

$9,333

WY $18,197WV $871

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.