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Keyhole Removal Of A Kidney And Surrounding Tissue

Wyoming 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?

$4,554

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,554 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,236 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,318 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,236$2,570 to $3,890
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,318$1,148 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $19,055Professionalmedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $1,820 to $3,890
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,318professional $3,236

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
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,890.45
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$5,888.44
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$22,908.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,248.07

Where Wyoming 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

Wyoming· 24th of 51

$4,554

$3,236 physician + $1,318 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.