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Keyhole Removal Of A Stone From The Ureter

Minnesota 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?

$8,045

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,045 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,291 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,291$1,738 to $3,162
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,754$2,818 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,754 · 10th to 90th $1,950 to $19,498Professionalmedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $3,802
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,754professional $2,291

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
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$26,302.68
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$9,332.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,466.84
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$7,244.36
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,801.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,801.89

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 18th of 50

$8,045

$2,291 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.