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Keyhole Surgery To Treat Kidney Cysts

New Jersey 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?

$6,578

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,578 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $955 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,623 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$955$813 to $1,288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,623$3,631 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $12,023Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $741 to $2,239
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $5,623professional $955

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
$4,466.84
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$12,882.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$11,220.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,454.71
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$43,651.58
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,238.72
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
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$776.25

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 20th of 51

$6,578

$955 physician + $5,623 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.