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Keyhole Removal Of A Stone From The Ureter

Arizona 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?

$6,720

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,720 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,096 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,623 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,096$955 to $1,288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,623$3,890 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $10,233Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $912 to $4,786
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,623professional $1,096

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
$2,344.23
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,232.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23,442.29
Median
$23,442.29
Typical High
$23,442.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$10,232.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,819.70

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 27th of 50

$6,720

$1,096 physician + $5,623 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.