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Keyhole Removal Of A Stone From The Ureter

Virginia 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?

$6,370

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,370 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,122 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,248 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$1,023 to $1,585
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,248$1,549 to $12,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $15,136Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $912 to $4,365
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,248professional $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
$1,659.59
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$15,135.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$6,456.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$12,302.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,737.80
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$8,317.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,238.72
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,570.40
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,238.72
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,089.30
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$10,964.78
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$27,542.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,995.26

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 30th of 50

$6,370

$1,122 physician + $5,248 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.