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Keyhole Removal Of A Stone From The Ureter

Iowa 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?

$8,420

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,420 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,660 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,761 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,660$1,259 to $2,754
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,761$5,370 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $1,738 to $13,490Professionalmedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $912 to $5,754
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,761professional $1,660

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
$1,737.80
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,754.23
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,548.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$15,135.61
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$15,488.17
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,311.31
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,090.30
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,041.74

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 14th of 50

$8,420

$1,660 physician + $6,761 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.