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Telescope Surgery To Open A Blocked Kidney Outlet

Kansas 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?

$5,081

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,081 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $912 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,169 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$912$813 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,169$1,950 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $933 to $10,000Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $676 to $1,380
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,169professional $912

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
$954.99
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$7,585.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 28th of 50

$5,081

$912 physician + $4,169 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.