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Keyhole Removal Of Kidney And Whole Ureter

Kansas 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 July 2026.

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

$5,495

Typical facility fee. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,495 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,162 to $8,710.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $1,738 to $10,471
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,495

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$10,715.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$5,011.87

Where Kansas sits

The same service costs 17.4 times more in Maine than in Mississippi. 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.

Kansas· 20th of 50

$5,495

ME $21,878MS $1,259

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.