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Keyhole Removal Of Kidney And Whole Ureter

Alaska rates for HCPCS 50548

Removes a kidney together with the entire tube that carries urine from it down to the bladder, working through several small cuts with a camera and long instruments. Taking the whole tube is necessary when disease affects its lining as well as the kidney. A small cuff of bladder at the lower end is usually taken with it.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Keyhole Removal Of Kidney And Whole Ureter cost?

$11,680

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,680 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $5,370 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,310 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$5,370$2,951 to $5,370
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,310$2,138 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,310 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $251,189Professionalmedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $7,413
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $6,310professional $5,370

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$20,417.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$16,595.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$4,677.35
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,120.11
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$8,709.64
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$5,370.32
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$251,188.64
Typical High
$346,736.85
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$8,709.64

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 13.9 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

Alaska· 3rd of 51

$11,680

$5,370 physician + $6,310 facility

ME $28,165MD $2,021

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.