search again

Keyhole Removal of Part of a Kidney

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 50543

Removes a tumor or diseased portion of a kidney while leaving the rest of the kidney in place, working through small abdominal incisions with a camera and long instruments. Sparing healthy kidney tissue helps protect long-term kidney function. Blood flow to the kidney is usually paused briefly while the piece is removed and the kidney is repaired.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Keyhole Removal of Part of a Kidney cost?

$10,848

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,848 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,138 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,710 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 57 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,138$1,585 to $3,162
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,710$4,169 to $14,454

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,710 · 10th to 90th $1,950 to $23,988Professionalmedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $4,898
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $8,710professional $2,138

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$38,904.51
Median
$38,904.51
Typical High
$38,904.51
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$28,840.32
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$15,848.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$21,379.62

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 3.3 times more in Wisconsin than in Oregon. 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

Touch or drag across the chart to see any state's rate.

WI $19,237OR $5,838

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.