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Keyhole Removal Of A Kidney And Surrounding Tissue

Delaware 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 October 2026.

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

$2,240

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,240 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,445 to the doctor who performs it, and $794 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,445$1,349 to $1,820
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$794$389 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $302 to $4,266Professionalmedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $2,399
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $794professional $1,445

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,344.23
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,120.11
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$60,255.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 14.0 times more in Maine than in Maryland. 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

Delaware· 50th of 51

$2,240

$1,445 physician + $794 facility

ME $28,122MD $2,008

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.