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Keyhole Surgery To Treat Kidney Cysts

Maryland 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?

$1,072

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,072 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $933 to $2,291.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $759 to $6,918Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $851 to $1,862
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,467professional $1,000

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,000.00
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$8,317.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,754.23
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,290.87
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,288.25
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
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$691.83

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 8.3 times more in Oklahoma than in Utah. 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.

Maryland· 40th of 51

$1,072

OK $5,248UT $631

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.