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Keyhole Removal Of A Kidney And Surrounding Tissue

Oklahoma 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?

$11,510

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,510 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,738 to the doctor who performs it, and $9,772 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$1,738$1,445 to $2,138
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$9,772$1,862 to $19,055

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,772 · 10th to 90th $575 to $25,704Professionalmedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $10,965
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $9,772professional $1,738

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
$1,380.38
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,949.84
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11,481.54
Median
$19,054.61
Typical High
$30,199.52
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$6,309.57
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,344.23

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 6th of 51

$11,510

$1,738 physician + $9,772 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.