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Keyhole Removal Of Kidney And Whole Ureter

North Dakota 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?

$3,861

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,861 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,512 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,349 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$2,512$2,089 to $2,884
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,349$1,318 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $759 to $2,512Professionalmedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $3,162
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,349professional $2,512

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,162.28
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,238.72
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,511.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,951.21
2 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
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,801.89
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,786.30

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 28th of 51

$3,861

$2,512 physician + $1,349 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.