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Keyhole Surgery To Treat Kidney Cysts

Massachusetts 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?

$2,903

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,903 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,318 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,585 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,318$1,000 to $2,512
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,585$871 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $589 to $7,244Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $676 to $6,607
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,585professional $1,318

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
$2,691.53
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,041.74
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$9,772.37
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$6,606.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$9,772.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,090.30
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,187.76
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,318.26
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$10,232.93
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,630.78
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$9,772.37
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$4,073.80
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,380.38
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$851.14
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
$1,445.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,137.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,995.26

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 50th of 51

$2,903

$1,318 physician + $1,585 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.