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Keyhole Surgery To Treat Kidney Cysts

South Carolina 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?

$6,535

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,535 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $912 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$912$661 to $1,202
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,623$2,455 to $12,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $17,378Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $71 to $1,413
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $5,623professional $912

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
$1,122.02
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$24,547.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$15,488.17
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$5,128.61
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,288.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$24,547.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,905.46
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
$446.68
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,454.71
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$812.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$323.59
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$229.09
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$229.09
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$229.09

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 21st of 51

$6,535

$912 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.