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Keyhole Removal Of A Kidney And Surrounding Tissue

Indiana 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?

$20,417

Typical facility fee. In Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20,417 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $12,023 to $28,184.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20,417 · 10th to 90th $2,884 to $33,113
$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $20,417

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
$1,479.11
Median
$17,782.79
Typical High
$38,904.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,471.29
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$31,622.78
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$12,882.50

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 3rd of 50

$20,417

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.