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Keyhole Kidney Removal With Part of the Ureter

Georgia 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?

$2,978

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,978 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,660 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,660$1,380 to $2,089
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,318$676 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $525 to $9,772Professionalmedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $3,236
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,318professional $1,660

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
$1,288.25
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$15,488.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,311.31
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$12,302.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,818.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,365.16
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,862.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$512.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,311.31
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,715.35
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
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 41st of 51

$2,978

$1,660 physician + $1,318 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.