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Telescope Surgery To Open A Blocked Kidney Outlet

North Dakota 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?

$2,088

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,088 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,380 to the doctor who performs it, and $708 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$1,380$741 to $1,585
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$708$661 to $977

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $661 to $8,511Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $708 to $1,778
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $708professional $1,380

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
$707.95
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,737.80

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 49th of 50

$2,088

$1,380 physician + $708 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.