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Keyhole Removal Of A Kidney And Surrounding Tissue

Iowa 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?

$4,571

Typical facility fee. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,571 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,630 to $6,918.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $1,950 to $12,882Professionalmedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $4,786
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,026professional $3,090

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
$1,949.84
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$12,882.50
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$5,623.41
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,413.10
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,128.31

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 27th of 50

$4,571

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.