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Keyhole Removal Of A Kidney And Surrounding Tissue

Massachusetts 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?

$3,054

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,054 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,905 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,148 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,905$1,445 to $3,548
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,148$776 to $1,905

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $501 to $3,467Professionalmedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $977 to $11,482
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,148professional $1,905

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
$2,691.53
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$3,630.78
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$11,481.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$4,466.84
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,290.87
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,905.46
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$4,073.80
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,890.45
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25,118.86
Median
$25,118.86
Typical High
$25,118.86
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$3,630.78
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$5,888.44
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,258.93
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
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,089.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$3,162.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,951.21

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 42nd of 51

$3,054

$1,905 physician + $1,148 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.