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Keyhole Removal Of A Stone From The Ureter

Kansas 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?

$7,540

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,540 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,230 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,310 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$1,230$1,096 to $1,445
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,310$3,631 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,310 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $12,882Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $912 to $1,905
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,310professional $1,230

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
$3,162.28
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$13,182.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$10,232.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,698.24

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 22nd of 50

$7,540

$1,230 physician + $6,310 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.