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Keyhole Removal Of A Kidney And Surrounding Tissue

Minnesota 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?

$4,786

Typical facility fee. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,786 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,631 to $8,913.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $1,950 to $10,715
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,786

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
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$15,135.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$12,882.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$10,000.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,511.38

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 25th of 50

$4,786

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.