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Keyhole Surgery To Treat Kidney Cysts

Minnesota 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?

$4,814

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,814 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,995 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 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$1,995$1,479 to $2,884
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$1,585 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $891 to $11,749Professionalmedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $955 to $3,802
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,818professional $1,995

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
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$39,810.72
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,235.94
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,630.27
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,168.69
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,715.35
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,630.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$9,772.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,715.35
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$104.71
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$20,417.38
Median
$37,153.52
Typical High
$69,183.10
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,897.79
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,995.26

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 35th of 51

$4,814

$1,995 physician + $2,818 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.