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Keyhole Removal Of A Kidney And Surrounding Tissue

Kentucky 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?

$3,441

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,441 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,445 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,445$1,259 to $1,862
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$759 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $457 to $11,220Professionalmedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $2,239
$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,995professional $1,445

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,398.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$16,218.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,862.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,818.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,174.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$295.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$263.03
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,995.26
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$8,128.31
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,454.71
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 34th of 51

$3,441

$1,445 physician + $1,995 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.