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Keyhole Removal Of A Stone From The Ureter

Nebraska 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?

$11,778

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,778 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,778 to the doctor who performs it, and $10,000 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$1,778$1,096 to $2,239
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$10,000$7,943 to $13,490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,000 · 10th to 90th $4,898 to $16,218Professionalmedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $891 to $5,129
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $10,000professional $1,778

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
$7,244.36
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$16,218.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$24,547.09
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,754.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$9,772.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$15,488.17
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,019.95
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,754.23

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 9th of 50

$11,778

$1,778 physician + $10,000 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.