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Telescope Surgery To Open A Blocked Kidney Outlet

New York 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?

$5,960

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,960 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,129 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$832$708 to $1,259
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,129$2,570 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $12,023Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $603 to $1,995
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,129professional $832

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
$870.96
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,995.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$13,489.63
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,778.28
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$10,964.78
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,235.94
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,398.83
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,348.96
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,479.11
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$50,118.72
Typical High
$75,857.76
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,344.23
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,570.40
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,290.87

Where New York 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 York· 16th of 50

$5,960

$832 physician + $5,129 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.