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Keyhole Surgery To Treat Kidney Cysts

Kansas 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?

$9,998

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,998 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,288 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,710 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$1,288$1,072 to $1,479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,710$3,090 to $12,303

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,710 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $12,882Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $3,311
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $8,710professional $1,288

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
$2,238.72
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12,302.69
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$12,882.50
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$6,918.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$11,220.18
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,698.24
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
$524.81
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 6th of 51

$9,998

$1,288 physician + $8,710 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.