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Keyhole Removal Of Kidney And Whole Ureter

Mississippi 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?

$3,332

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,332 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,399 to the doctor who performs it, and $933 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$2,399$1,349 to $2,630
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$933$589 to $1,259

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $389 to $2,818Professionalmedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $3,715
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $933professional $2,399

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
$776.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,884.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,715.35
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,511.89
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,951.21
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
$630.96
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 38th of 51

$3,332

$2,399 physician + $933 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.