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Keyhole Removal Of A Kidney And Surrounding Tissue

North Carolina 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?

$3,800

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,800 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,512 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,288 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$2,512$1,738 to $3,090
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,288$603 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $398 to $7,943Professionalmedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $3,890
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,288professional $2,512

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
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$11,220.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,344.23
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,691.53
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$29,512.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,548.13
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$5,128.61
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,235.94
12 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
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,754.40
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$776.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$537.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$537.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$537.03

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 30th of 51

$3,800

$2,512 physician + $1,288 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.