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Keyhole Removal Of A Kidney And Surrounding Tissue

South 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?

$2,704

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,704 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,445 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,259 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,445$1,072 to $1,820
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$603 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $437 to $9,333Professionalmedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $158 to $2,138
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,259professional $1,445

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
$1,621.81
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$37,153.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,754.23
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,884.03
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,630.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,905.46
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,754.23
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
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,548.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$467.74
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$331.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$331.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$331.13

Where South 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

South Carolina· 46th of 51

$2,704

$1,445 physician + $1,259 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.