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Keyhole Removal Of A Stone From The Ureter

Ohio 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?

$8,201

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,201 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,122 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,079 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,122$933 to $1,549
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,079$3,715 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,079 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $15,488Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $891 to $7,586
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $7,079professional $1,122

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
$1,862.09
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$13,803.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$12,589.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$21,877.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,949.84
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$21,379.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21,379.62
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$21,379.62
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,905.46
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,862.09

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 16th of 50

$8,201

$1,122 physician + $7,079 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.