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Keyhole Removal Of A Kidney And Surrounding Tissue

California rates for HCPCS 50545

Removes an entire kidney through several small incisions using a camera and long instruments, taking with it the fatty envelope around the kidney and nearby lymph nodes. It is the wide-margin removal used for kidney cancer, aiming to take the tumor out with a clear border of surrounding tissue. Most people can live normally with the one remaining kidney.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Keyhole Removal Of A Kidney And Surrounding Tissue cost?

$11,749

Typical facility fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,749 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $8,128 to $16,218.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12,303 · 10th to 90th $4,074 to $22,387Professionalmedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $2,754
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $12,303professional $1,445

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
$4,466.84
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$25,703.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$22,387.21
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,606.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$14,791.08
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,698.24
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,951.21
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$8,128.31
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$17,378.01

Where California sits

The same service costs 23.4 times more in Delaware than in Wyoming. 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.

California· 6th of 50

$11,749

DE $30,200WY $1,288

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.