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Keyhole Removal Of A Kidney And Surrounding Tissue

North Dakota 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?

$3,804

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,804 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,455 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,349 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,455$2,089 to $2,818
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,349$1,349 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $776 to $14,791Professionalmedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $3,162
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,349professional $2,455

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$14,791.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,162.28
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,238.72
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,511.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,884.03
2 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
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,801.89
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,786.30

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 29th of 51

$3,804

$2,455 physician + $1,349 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.