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Keyhole Kidney Removal With Part of the Ureter

Idaho 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?

$3,224

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,224 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,905 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,905$1,622 to $2,291
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,318$676 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $550 to $6,310Professionalmedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $2,692
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,318professional $1,905

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
$4,365.16
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,691.53
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$13,182.57
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$12,589.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,041.74
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$12,022.64
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,691.53
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,398.83
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,290.87
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,047.13
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,570.40
22 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
$758.58
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,548.13
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,137.96
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$323.59
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 37th of 51

$3,224

$1,905 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.