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Keyhole Removal Of Kidney And Whole Ureter

Louisiana 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?

$5,493

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,493 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,862 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,631 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,862$1,549 to $2,239
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$933 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $501 to $14,791Professionalmedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $2,344
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,631professional $1,862

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
$812.83
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,344.23
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,120.11
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$18,197.01
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,238.72
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,511.89
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
$891.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,698.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 17th of 51

$5,493

$1,862 physician + $3,631 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.