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Unlisted Keyhole Kidney Procedure

Texas 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 October 2026.

How much does Unlisted Keyhole Kidney Procedure cost?

$4,898

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,898 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $759 from a physician practice, and about $5,495 from a hospital or other facility.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$759$759 to $759
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,495$2,884 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $14,454Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $30 to $6,026
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $5,495professional $759

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
$1,230.27
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$12,302.69
BCBS Texas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$17,378.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,691.53
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$6,025.60
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$8,511.38
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$12,302.69
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$251,188.64
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$12,302.69
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58

Where Texas sits

The same service costs 134.9 times more in Alaska than in Montana. 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.

Texas· 20th of 51

$4,898

AK $10,715MT $79.43

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.