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Keyhole Kidney Removal With Part of the Ureter

Louisiana 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?

$7,864

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,864 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,698 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,166 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,698$1,349 to $1,995
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,166$1,096 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $550 to $15,136Professionalmedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $2,042
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,166professional $1,698

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
$812.83
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$17,378.01
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,995.26
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,380.38
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
$794.33
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,513.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,412.54

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 10th of 51

$7,864

$1,698 physician + $6,166 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.