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Keyhole Removal Of Kidney And Whole Ureter

Delaware 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?

$2,175

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,175 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,380 to the doctor who performs it, and $794 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,380$1,349 to $1,820
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$794$389 to $1,349

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $302 to $4,266Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $2,344
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $794professional $1,380

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
$1,348.96
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,344.23
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17,378.01
Median
$17,378.01
Typical High
$17,378.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,454.71

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 50th of 51

$2,175

$1,380 physician + $794 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.