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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 October 2026.

How much does Telescope Surgery To Open A Blocked Kidney Outlet cost?

$3,526

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,526 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,072 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,455 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$1,072$832 to $1,380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,455$1,096 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $479 to $6,457Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $724 to $1,862
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,455professional $1,072

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
$794.33
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$870.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,890.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,412.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,137.96
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$14,454.40
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,862.09
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
$323.59
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$83.18

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 39th of 51

$3,526

$1,072 physician + $2,455 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.