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Keyhole Removal Of A Stone From The Ureter

Connecticut 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?

$11,248

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,248 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,698 to the doctor who performs it, and $9,550 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$1,698$1,175 to $2,239
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$9,550$7,413 to $11,220

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,550 · 10th to 90th $4,898 to $17,783Professionalmedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $912 to $2,951
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $9,550professional $1,698

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
$4,677.35
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,162.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$18,620.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,754.23
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$18,620.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,818.38

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 11th of 50

$11,248

$1,698 physician + $9,550 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.