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Keyhole Removal Of Kidney And Whole Ureter

Ohio 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?

$5,920

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,920 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,349 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,571 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,349$1,096 to $1,622
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,571$1,148 to $12,589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $537 to $19,055Professionalmedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $138 to $1,995
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,571professional $1,349

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
$3,715.35
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$9,332.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$22,908.68
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,041.74
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,754.23
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,754.23
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,778.28
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,235.94
10 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
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,548.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$3,311.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,019.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,318.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$338.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$288.40

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 15th of 51

$5,920

$1,349 physician + $4,571 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.