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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 October 2026.

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

$3,859

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,859 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,288 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,570 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$1,288$741 to $1,585
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$1,445 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $891 to $7,762Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $661 to $1,950
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,570professional $1,288

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
$660.69
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,348.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,584.89
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
$331.13
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 34th of 51

$3,859

$1,288 physician + $2,570 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.