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Keyhole Removal Of Kidney And Whole Ureter

Iowa 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?

$5,838

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,838 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,818 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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$2,818$2,042 to $3,388
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$1,950 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $692 to $7,079Professionalmedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $4,365
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $2,818

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
$1,949.84
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,801.89
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,265.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,606.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$11,481.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,630.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,365.16
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,818.38

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 16th of 51

$5,838

$2,818 physician + $3,020 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.