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Keyhole Surgery To Treat Kidney Cysts

North Dakota 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?

$4,517

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,517 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,698 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,698$1,445 to $1,995
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$912 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $912 to $4,571Professionalmedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $955 to $2,188
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,818professional $1,698

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,187.76
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$218.78
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,570.88
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,995.26
2 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
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,630.27
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,311.31

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 38th of 51

$4,517

$1,698 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.