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Keyhole Removal Of A Stone From The Ureter

Missouri 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?

$5,642

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,642 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,175 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,467 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,175$1,047 to $1,660
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,467$2,818 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $9,550Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $912 to $4,266
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,467professional $1,175

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
$1,778.28
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$9,332.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$4,897.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,317.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$22,908.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$12,882.50
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$11,748.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,344.23

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 36th of 50

$5,642

$1,175 physician + $4,467 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.