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Keyhole Surgery To Treat Kidney Cysts

Colorado 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?

$11,582

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,582 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,349 to the doctor who performs it, and $10,233 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$1,349$1,096 to $1,778
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$10,233$4,898 to $12,882

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,233 · 10th to 90th $2,512 to $17,783Professionalmedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $933 to $2,138
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $10,233professional $1,349

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
$2,570.40
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$3,235.94
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$18,620.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$9,772.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,778.28
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,041.74
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,737.80
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$8,511.38
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,089.30
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
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$831.76

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 4th of 51

$11,582

$1,349 physician + $10,233 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.