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Keyhole Removal Of Kidney And Whole Ureter

Illinois 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?

$3,770

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,770 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,820 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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$1,820$1,445 to $2,399
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$759 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $550 to $12,589Professionalmedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $2,754
$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,950professional $1,820

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
$1,023.29
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$42,657.95
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,454.71
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$5,495.41
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,819.70
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,019.95
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
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 31st of 51

$3,770

$1,820 physician + $1,950 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.