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Keyhole Removal Of A Stone From The Ureter

Washington, DC 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?

$1,096

Typical physician fee. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,096 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,023 to $6,918.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,244 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $8,128Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $1,905
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,244professional $1,023

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
$1,023.29
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,096.48
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$15,135.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,754.23
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$35,481.34
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,454.71

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 7.8 times more in California than in Hawaii. 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.

Washington, DC· 47th of 51

$1,096

CA $7,943HI $1,023

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.