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Telescope Surgery To Open A Blocked Kidney Outlet

Nebraska 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?

$9,770

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,770 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,259 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,511 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$1,259$724 to $1,585
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,511$7,244 to $13,490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $14,454Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $646 to $3,715
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,511professional $1,259

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
$6,025.60
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,715.35
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$24,547.09
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$8,912.51
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,248.07
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,187.76
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,041.74

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 6th of 50

$9,770

$1,259 physician + $8,511 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.