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Telescope Surgery To Open A Blocked Kidney Outlet

Mississippi 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?

$3,660

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,660 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,148 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,148$724 to $1,905
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$977 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $661 to $8,913Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $661 to $1,950
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,512professional $1,148

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
$891.25
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,584.89
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,621.81

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 37th of 50

$3,660

$1,148 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.