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Keyhole Removal Of A Stone From The Ureter

New York 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?

$7,909

Typical total for the visit. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,909 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,148 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,761 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,148$912 to $1,738
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,761$3,981 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $14,125Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $794 to $2,951
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,761professional $1,148

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
$1,230.27
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$12,882.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,548.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$16,218.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,454.71
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$12,302.69
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$12,302.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,466.84
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,311.31
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,737.80
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,041.74
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$50,118.72
Typical High
$75,857.76
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,235.94
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,311.31
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,630.27

Where New York 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

New York· 20th of 50

$7,909

$1,148 physician + $6,761 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.