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Keyhole Removal Of A Stone From The Ureter

Montana 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?

$3,319

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,319 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,660 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,660 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$1,660$1,413 to $1,995
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,660$1,660 to $1,738

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $2,042Professionalmedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $5,129
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,660professional $1,660

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,128.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,621.81
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,041.74
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,041.74
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,905.46
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where Montana 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

Montana· 48th of 50

$3,319

$1,660 physician + $1,660 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.