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Keyhole Surgery To Treat Kidney Cysts

Indiana 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?

$10,217

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,217 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,096 to the doctor who performs it, and $9,120 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,096$933 to $1,230
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$9,120$2,951 to $14,454

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,120 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $25,704Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $813 to $1,585
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $9,120professional $1,096

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
$851.14
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,148.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$28,840.32
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,479.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,238.72
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$933.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$251.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$208.93
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$10,964.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,698.24
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$15,135.61
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,737.80
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
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$776.25

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 5th of 51

$10,217

$1,096 physician + $9,120 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.