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Telescope Surgery To Open A Blocked Kidney Outlet

New Jersey 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?

$7,677

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,677 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,918 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$759$676 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,918$4,571 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $2,818 to $12,303Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $603 to $1,950
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,918professional $759

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
$1,258.93
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,862.09
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,174.90
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,964.78
Median
$16,218.10
Typical High
$23,988.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,548.82

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 14th of 50

$7,677

$759 physician + $6,918 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.