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Telescope Surgery To Open A Blocked Kidney Outlet

Colorado 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?

$10,832

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,832 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $10,000 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$832$708 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$10,000$5,495 to $13,183

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,000 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $18,197Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $708 to $1,413
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $10,000professional $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
$707.95
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,288.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$19,498.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,445.44
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,380.38
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,511.89
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,318.26
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$18,197.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 5th of 50

$10,832

$832 physician + $10,000 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.