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Keyhole Removal Of A Kidney And Surrounding Tissue

South 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?

$3,956

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,956 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,754 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,202 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$2,754$1,905 to $3,162
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,202$759 to $1,905

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $759 to $2,399Professionalmedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $3,715
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,202professional $2,754

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
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,801.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$10,964.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,715.35
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$2,884.03

Where South 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

South Dakota· 26th of 51

$3,956

$2,754 physician + $1,202 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.