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Keyhole Destruction Of A Kidney Growth

Nebraska rates for HCPCS 50542

Through several small incisions with a camera and long instruments, the surgeon destroys a growth in the kidney by applying energy directly to it rather than cutting it out. The treated tissue dies in place and is gradually reabsorbed or left as scar. It is an option when a growth is best treated without removing part of the kidney.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Keyhole Destruction Of A Kidney Growth cost?

$10,888

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,888 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,570 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,318 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$2,570$2,089 to $3,162
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,318$3,311 to $12,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,318 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $16,218Professionalmedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $6,166
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,318professional $2,570

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
$5,495.41
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,454.71
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,000.00
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$26,915.35
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$6,165.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$9,549.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,548.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$17,378.01
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$8,709.64
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,630.78
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$13,182.57
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,311.31

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 5.4 times more in Colorado than in Kentucky. 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

Nebraska· 10th of 51

$10,888

$2,570 physician + $8,318 facility

CO $16,873KY $3,138

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.