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Keyhole Surgery To Treat Kidney Cysts

Iowa 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?

$6,736

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,736 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,950 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,786 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$1,950$1,349 to $2,344
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,786$2,138 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $17,783Professionalmedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $2,951
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,786professional $1,950

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
$1,348.96
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$10,715.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,630.27
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,754.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$17,782.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$6,760.83
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,511.89
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$10,715.19
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$28,183.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,951.21
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,949.84

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 18th of 51

$6,736

$1,950 physician + $4,786 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.