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Telescope Surgery To Open A Blocked Kidney Outlet

Iowa 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 October 2026.

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

$5,844

Typical total for the visit. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,844 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,479 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,479$1,122 to $1,820
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,365$1,778 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $12,303Professionalmedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $832 to $2,291
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $1,479

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
$1,047.13
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,995.26
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$11,748.98
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$5,248.07
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,905.46
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$5,754.40
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$14,125.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,290.87
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,479.11

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 4.9 times more in Colorado than in Kentucky. 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

Iowa· 9th of 51

$5,844

$1,479 physician + $4,365 facility

CO $9,559KY $1,942

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.