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Keyhole Removal Of A Stone From The Ureter

Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,946 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,230 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,715 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$1,230$1,023 to $2,042
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$2,570 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $8,318Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $891 to $2,884
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,715professional $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
$2,570.40
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,090.30
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$15,488.17
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$15,488.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,570.40
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,412.54
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$15,488.17
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,691.53
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$15,488.17
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,073.80

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 40th of 50

$4,946

$1,230 physician + $3,715 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.