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Telescope Surgery To Open A Blocked Kidney Outlet

Nevada 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?

$5,124

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,124 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,365 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$759$724 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,365$891 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $724 to $8,318Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $661 to $1,514
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $4,365professional $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
$724.44
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$3,715.35
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$8,128.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,071.52
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,445.44

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 27th of 50

$5,124

$759 physician + $4,365 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.