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Telescope Surgery To Open A Blocked Kidney Outlet

Florida 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?

$8,138

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,138 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,413 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$724$646 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,413$3,311 to $12,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,413 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $16,596Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $603 to $1,230
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $7,413professional $724

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
$1,047.13
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,230.27
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$12,302.69
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,479.11
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$23,442.29
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$831.76
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$724.44

Where Florida 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

Florida· 9th of 50

$8,138

$724 physician + $7,413 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.