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Telescope Surgery To Open A Blocked Kidney Outlet

Illinois 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?

$5,769

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,769 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$871$724 to $1,148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$3,311 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $10,233Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $708 to $1,549
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $4,898professional $871

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
$707.95
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$11,220.18
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$6,165.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,318.26
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,454.71
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$977.24
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$12,589.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,584.89
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$81.28

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 10th of 51

$5,769

$871 physician + $4,898 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.