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Keyhole Removal Of Kidney And Whole Ureter

Missouri 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?

$5,217

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,217 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,905 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,311 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$1,905$1,549 to $2,455
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$1,318 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $646 to $10,965Professionalmedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $4,467
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,311professional $1,905

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
$2,511.89
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,090.30
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$12,589.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,691.53
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,698.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$426.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,090.30
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$10,964.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,548.13
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
$616.60
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 20th of 51

$5,217

$1,905 physician + $3,311 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.