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Keyhole Removal Of A Stone From The Ureter

Georgia 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?

$7,073

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,073 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,318 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,754 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$1,318$1,023 to $1,738
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,754$3,388 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,754 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $12,303Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $933 to $2,089
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,754professional $1,318

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
$1,778.28
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,041.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$9,772.37
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$10,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,290.87
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$17,378.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,238.72

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 25th of 50

$7,073

$1,318 physician + $5,754 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.