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Keyhole Kidney Removal With Part of the Ureter

Indiana 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?

$11,185

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,185 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,413 to the doctor who performs it, and $9,772 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,413$1,175 to $1,585
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$9,772$2,138 to $19,498

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,772 · 10th to 90th $912 to $25,704Professionalmedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $1,995
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $9,772professional $1,413

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
$1,122.02
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,548.82
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$27,542.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,905.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,884.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$323.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$269.15
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,187.76
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,235.94
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,238.72
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
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 3rd of 51

$11,185

$1,413 physician + $9,772 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.