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Keyhole Removal Of A Kidney And Surrounding Tissue

Washington 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?

$2,549

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,549 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,549 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,000 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 11 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,549$275 to $2,239
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,000$708 to $2,138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $589 to $2,692Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $158 to $2,884
$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,000professional $1,549

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
$1,698.24
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,818.38
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$2,187.76
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$8,128.31
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$11,481.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,801.89
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,388.44
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,818.38
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,630.27
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,819.70
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,073.80
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,398.83
6 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
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where Washington 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

Washington· 47th of 51

$2,549

$1,549 physician + $1,000 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.