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Unlisted Keyhole Kidney Procedure

Indiana rates for HCPCS 50549

Covers an operation on the kidney performed through small abdominal incisions with a camera, when the specific operation has no standard named entry of its own. Working through small openings generally means less pain and a faster return to normal activity than open surgery. The provider submits a written description of what was actually done.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Unlisted Keyhole Kidney Procedure cost?

$17,783

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17,783 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $832 from a physician practice, and about $18,197 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$832$0.02 to $1,380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18,197$10,471 to $26,303

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18,197 · 10th to 90th $4,365 to $30,200Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $0 to $1,380
$0.1$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $18,197professional $832

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$11,220.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,380.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$20,417.38
Typical High
$31,622.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$0.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$16,218.10

Where Indiana sits

The same service costs 11.0 times more in Delaware than in North Carolina. 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.

Indiana· 2nd of 50

$17,783

DE $18,197NC $1,660

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.