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Keyhole Removal Of A Stone From The Ureter

South Dakota 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?

$4,329

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,329 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,698 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,698$1,072 to $2,188
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$1,380 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $5,623Professionalmedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $832 to $2,754
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,630professional $1,698

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,754.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,630.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$15,488.17
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,290.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,691.53
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,137.96

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 43rd of 50

$4,329

$1,698 physician + $2,630 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.