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Telescope Surgery To Open A Blocked Kidney Outlet

Oregon 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?

$2,699

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,699 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,318 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,380 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,318$955 to $1,738
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,380$1,175 to $1,585

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $891 to $7,943Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $724 to $2,188
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,380professional $1,318

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
$1,412.54
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,995.26
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,778.28
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,737.80
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,862.09
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,412.54
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,778.28
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,905.46
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,589.25
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$20,417.38
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$16,218.10
Typical High
$22,908.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,995.26

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 45th of 50

$2,699

$1,318 physician + $1,380 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.