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Keyhole Surgery To Treat Kidney Cysts

Virginia 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?

$7,073

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,073 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,047 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,026 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,047$933 to $1,230
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,026$1,820 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $14,791Professionalmedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $851 to $1,660
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,026professional $1,047

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
$1,288.25
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$15,488.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$12,589.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,288.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,949.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$812.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$208.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$181.97
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$8,511.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$9,772.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,584.89
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$20,417.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,862.09
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
$489.78
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 16th of 51

$7,073

$1,047 physician + $6,026 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.