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Telescope Surgery To Open A Blocked Kidney Outlet

Idaho 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?

$5,467

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,467 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,000 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,467 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$1,000$891 to $1,380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,467$1,514 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $891 to $15,849Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $708 to $1,622
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,467professional $1,000

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
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,621.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$13,489.63
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,380.38
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,698.24
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,412.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$16,982.44
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,348.96
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$10,964.78
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,232.93
Median
$22,387.21
Typical High
$27,542.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,479.11

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 24th of 50

$5,467

$1,000 physician + $4,467 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.