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Keyhole Kidney Removal With Part of the Ureter

North Carolina 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?

$3,363

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,363 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,188 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,175 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$2,188$1,479 to $2,754
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,175$617 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $398 to $10,471Professionalmedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $3,467
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,175professional $2,188

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
$1,174.90
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$29,512.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,162.28
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,951.21
12 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
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,023.29
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,128.61
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$691.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$478.63
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$478.63
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$478.63

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 32nd of 51

$3,363

$2,188 physician + $1,175 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.