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Keyhole Removal Of Kidney And Whole Ureter

Montana 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?

$4,083

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,083 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,042 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,042 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$2,042$1,380 to $2,089
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,042$1,905 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $2,188Professionalmedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $79 to $2,399
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $2,042professional $2,042

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,344.23
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,187.76
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,162.28

Where Montana 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

Montana· 26th of 51

$4,083

$2,042 physician + $2,042 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.