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Keyhole Removal Of A Stone From The Ureter

Alaska rates for HCPCS 50945

Removes a stone from the ureter, the tube that carries urine from the kidney down to the bladder, working through a few small incisions with a camera and long instruments. It is used when a stone is too large or too firmly stuck to pass or to be broken up by other means.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Keyhole Removal Of A Stone From The Ureter cost?

$5,733

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,733 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,388 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,344 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$3,388$2,138 to $4,571
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,344$1,175 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $977 to $12,023Professionalmedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $977 to $6,310
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,344professional $3,388

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,388.44
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$6,456.54
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,760.83
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,025.60
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$6,456.54
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,302.69
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$6,165.95

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 10.0 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

Alaska· 35th of 50

$5,733

$3,388 physician + $2,344 facility

IN $19,319WV $1,935

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.