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Keyhole Removal Of A Stone From The Ureter

Utah 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?

$7,406

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,406 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,380 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,026 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$1,380$1,175 to $2,138
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,026$3,388 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $12,303Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $912 to $3,162
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $6,026professional $1,380

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
$1,380.38
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,041.74
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$1,949.84
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,317.64
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$17,378.01
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,041.74
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,819.70
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,041.74

Where Utah 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

Utah· 24th of 50

$7,406

$1,380 physician + $6,026 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.