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Keyhole Kidney Removal With Part of the Ureter

Illinois 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?

$3,400

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,400 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,622 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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$1,622$1,230 to $2,188
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$776 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $550 to $11,749Professionalmedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $2,512
$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,778professional $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
$1,148.15
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,137.96
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$19,054.61
Typical High
$38,018.94
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,238.72
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$4,786.30
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,659.59
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,691.53
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
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$954.99

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 30th of 51

$3,400

$1,622 physician + $1,778 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.