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Keyhole Removal Of A Stone From The Ureter

Washington 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?

$6,085

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,085 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,820 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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,820$1,230 to $2,291
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$1,905 to $16,218

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $22,909Professionalmedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $912 to $2,754
$100$1K$10Kfacility $4,266professional $1,820

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
$6,456.54
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,630.27
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,220.18
Median
$17,782.79
Typical High
$31,622.78
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,884.03
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$15,848.93
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$5,495.41
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$407.38
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,949.84
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,818.38
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,715.19
Median
$17,378.01
Typical High
$31,622.78
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$19,054.61
Typical High
$34,673.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,754.23
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where Washington 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

Washington· 32nd of 50

$6,085

$1,820 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.