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Keyhole Removal Of A Kidney And Surrounding Tissue

Mississippi 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?

$3,256

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,256 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,344 to the doctor who performs it, and $912 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,344$1,318 to $2,512
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$912$589 to $1,259

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $912 · 10th to 90th $372 to $2,630Professionalmedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $3,715
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $912professional $2,344

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
$758.58
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,818.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,715.35
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,511.89
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,951.21
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
$616.60
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 35th of 51

$3,256

$2,344 physician + $912 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.