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Telescope Surgery To Open A Blocked Kidney Outlet

Missouri 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?

$3,363

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,363 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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$851$741 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$1,288 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $724 to $5,623Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $661 to $1,622
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $851

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
$776.25
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,511.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$10,715.19
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,737.80

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 41st of 50

$3,363

$851 physician + $2,512 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.