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Telescope Surgery To Open A Blocked Kidney Outlet

North Carolina 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?

$2,531

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,531 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,660 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$871$692 to $1,380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,660$977 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $692 to $12,589Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $692 to $2,138
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,660professional $871

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
$691.83
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,737.80
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,513.56
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$23,988.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,659.59
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$15,488.17
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,888.44

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 46th of 50

$2,531

$871 physician + $1,660 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.