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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 July 2026.

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

$7,808

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,808 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,047 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,761 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$1,047$724 to $1,862
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,761$1,862 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $13,490Professionalmedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $661 to $4,074
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,761professional $1,047

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
$1,023.29
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,995.26
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$13,803.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$5,248.07
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,570.40
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$14,125.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,238.72
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,479.11

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 13th of 50

$7,808

$1,047 physician + $6,761 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.