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Keyhole Removal Of A Kidney And Surrounding Tissue

Virginia 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 July 2026.

How much does Keyhole Removal Of A Kidney And Surrounding Tissue cost?

$5,370

Typical facility fee. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,370 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,995 to $15,136.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $21,380Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $3,090
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,495professional $1,549

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. 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
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$16,595.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,748.98
Median
$19,054.61
Typical High
$26,302.68
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,548.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,090.30
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,754.23
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,079.46

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 23.4 times more in Delaware than in Wyoming. 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.

Virginia· 23rd of 50

$5,370

DE $30,200WY $1,288

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.