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Keyhole Surgery To Treat Kidney Cysts

Georgia 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?

$4,279

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,279 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,259 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,259$1,047 to $1,585
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$1,288 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $851 to $8,710Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $832 to $2,399
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $1,259

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
$1,698.24
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$15,488.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,511.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$8,912.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,137.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,311.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,412.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$363.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,511.89
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,818.38
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
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$776.25

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 42nd of 51

$4,279

$1,259 physician + $3,020 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.