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Keyhole Kidney Removal With Part of the Ureter

Arkansas 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 October 2026.

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

$2,159

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,159 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,622 to the doctor who performs it, and $537 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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,622$1,202 to $1,820
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$537$447 to $1,479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $537 · 10th to 90th $309 to $2,138Professionalmedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $2,291
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $537professional $1,622

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
$1,174.90
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,019.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,344.23
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
$645.65
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 14.8 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

Arkansas· 49th of 51

$2,159

$1,622 physician + $537 facility

ME $28,001MD $1,894

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.