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Keyhole Surgery To Treat Kidney Cysts

Michigan 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?

$5,183

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,183 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,202 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,981 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$1,202$1,047 to $1,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,981$2,512 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $7,413Professionalmedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $794 to $1,905
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,981professional $1,202

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
$1,202.26
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$7,079.46
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,884.03
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,754.40
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,445.44
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,548.82
12 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
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 32nd of 51

$5,183

$1,202 physician + $3,981 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.