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Keyhole Removal Of A Stone From The Ureter

Arkansas 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?

$3,743

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,743 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,288 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,455 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,288$912 to $1,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,455$1,820 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $7,079Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $912 to $1,585
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,455professional $1,288

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
$1,288.25
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,818.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,244.36
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,862.09

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 45th of 50

$3,743

$1,288 physician + $2,455 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.