go back

Telescope Surgery To Open A Blocked Kidney Outlet

Alabama rates for HCPCS 50575

A telescope is passed into the kidney's collecting system through a small opening in the side, and the narrowed point where the kidney drains into the ureter is cut open to relieve the holdup. A stent is usually left across the area while it heals.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Telescope Surgery To Open A Blocked Kidney Outlet cost?

$5,540

Typical total for the visit. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,540 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,175 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,365 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,175$724 to $1,380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,365$2,399 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $6,457Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $692 to $1,905
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $1,175

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
$954.99
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,456.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 11.6 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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

Alabama· 21st of 50

$5,540

$1,175 physician + $4,365 facility

IN $16,282WV $1,401

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.