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Keyhole Removal Of A Stone From The Ureter

Tennessee 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?

$5,496

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,496 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,230 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,230$1,047 to $1,549
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$2,692 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,738 to $9,772Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $933 to $3,467
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,266professional $1,230

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
$1,288.25
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$9,772.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,949.84
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$16,982.44
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,187.76

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 37th of 50

$5,496

$1,230 physician + $4,266 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.