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Keyhole Kidney Removal With Part of the Ureter

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 50546

Removes a kidney along with part of the tube that carries urine from it to the bladder, using keyhole surgery through several small abdominal incisions. A camera and long instruments are used to free the kidney and seal its blood vessels before the organ is lifted out through a small opening. The remaining kidney takes over the work.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Keyhole Kidney Removal With Part of the Ureter cost?

$8,656

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,656 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,738 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,918 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 51 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,738$1,288 to $2,512
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,918$3,020 to $11,749

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $17,378Professionalmedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $3,890
$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0Kfacility $6,918professional $1,738

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$14,125.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$22,908.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$14,791.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$10,000.00

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Wisconsin than in Oregon. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee
WI $15,057OR $4,635

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.