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Keyhole Removal Of Kidney And Whole Ureter

Nebraska 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?

$6,499

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,499 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,951 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,548 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,951$2,344 to $3,236
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,548$794 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $562 to $14,125Professionalmedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $1,738 to $4,169
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,548professional $2,951

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
$4,677.35
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,235.94
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,000.00
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$26,915.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,073.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$10,232.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$11,481.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,168.69
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,801.89

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 13th of 51

$6,499

$2,951 physician + $3,548 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.