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Telescope Surgery To Open A Blocked Kidney Outlet

Minnesota 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?

$4,478

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,478 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,660 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 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$1,660$1,202 to $2,291
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$1,950 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $15,136Professionalmedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $891 to $2,754
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,818professional $1,660

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
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$23,442.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,235.94
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,248.07
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,754.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$10,964.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,818.38

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 32nd of 50

$4,478

$1,660 physician + $2,818 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.