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Telescope Surgery To Open A Blocked Kidney Outlet

Louisiana 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?

$4,491

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,491 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,023 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,023$759 to $1,202
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$1,479 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $933 to $9,550Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $661 to $1,259
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,467professional $1,023

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
$933.25
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$10,715.19
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,174.90
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$11,748.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 31st of 50

$4,491

$1,023 physician + $3,467 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.