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Keyhole Removal Of A Stone From The Ureter

South Carolina 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?

$15,966

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15,966 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,175 to the doctor who performs it, and $14,791 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$955 to $1,230
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$14,791$7,244 to $20,893

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14,791 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $24,547Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $955 to $1,995
$100$1K$10Kfacility $14,791professional $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
$1,174.90
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$37,153.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$20,417.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,454.71
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,238.72
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$19,498.45
Typical High
$27,542.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,995.26

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 2nd of 50

$15,966

$1,175 physician + $14,791 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.