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Keyhole Removal Of A Stone From The Ureter

Louisiana 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?

$4,946

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,946 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,479 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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$1,479$1,122 to $1,660
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$1,820 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $10,233Professionalmedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $912 to $1,738
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,467professional $1,479

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
$1,000.00
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,698.24
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$13,489.63
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,621.81
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,862.09

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 39th of 50

$4,946

$1,479 physician + $3,467 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.