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Keyhole Kidney Removal With Part of the Ureter

Florida 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?

$3,763

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,763 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,072 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,072$832 to $1,349
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$661 to $13,183

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $447 to $25,119Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $117 to $2,042
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $2,692professional $1,072

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
$891.25
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$13,803.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,137.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,949.84
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$13,182.57
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$11,748.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,344.23
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,471.29
Median
$22,387.21
Typical High
$33,884.42
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,288.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,511.89
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,122.02
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
$524.81
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$977.24

Where Florida 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

Florida· 25th of 51

$3,763

$1,072 physician + $2,692 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.