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Procedure price report · Nephrotomy and nephrostomy

Kidney stone removal through the skin, stone up to 2 cm

CPT 50080the billing code this page is about

Stone removal through a small tract made through the back into the kidney, for a simple stone measuring up to 2 centimeters; may include breaking up the stone.

Hospitals typically charge $7,060 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 804 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $7,388. Most fall between $2,177 and $16,053 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
804
States
47
Filings dated
Mar 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 804 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$1,371$2,387$7,060$12,796$23,083

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 17× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,371 vs $23,083).

How the prices are spread

$1,107 – $1,561: 64 hospitals$1,107$1,561 – $2,203: 72 hospitals$2,203 – $3,107: 61 hospitals$2,203$3,107 – $4,383: 66 hospitals$4,383 – $6,184: 69 hospitals$4,383$6,184 – $8,723: 92 hospitals$8,723 – $12,306: 123 hospitals$8,723$12,306 – $17,361: 85 hospitals$17,361 – $24,491: 54 hospitals$17,361$24,491 – $34,550: 39 hospitals$24,491median $7,060price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (725 of 804 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$1,107$1,56164
$1,561$2,20372
$2,203$3,10761
$3,107$4,38366
$4,383$6,18469
$6,184$8,72392
$8,723$12,306123
$12,306$17,36185
$17,361$24,49154
$24,491$34,55039

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$9,672
Median cash price$7,060
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.73×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $7,060.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $12,948 across 12 hospitalsWA$12,948Idaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $4,998 across 20 hospitalsMN$4,998Illinois: median $3,463 across 33 hospitalsIL$3,463Wisconsin: median $4,257 across 35 hospitalsWI$4,257Michigan: median $2,380 across 40 hospitalsMI$2,380New York: median $10,943 across 60 hospitalsNY$10,943Massachusetts: median $7,961 across 10 hospitalsMA$7,961Oregon: median $2,346 across 17 hospitalsOR$2,346Nevada: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $2,195 across 20 hospitalsIA$2,195Indiana: median $4,176 across 31 hospitalsIN$4,176Ohio: median $8,590 across 47 hospitalsOH$8,590Pennsylvania: median $9,312 across 42 hospitalsPA$9,312New Jersey: median $10,235 across 42 hospitalsNJ$10,235Connecticut: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $15,266 across 68 hospitalsCA$15,266Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: median $4,778 across 11 hospitalsCO$4,778Nebraska: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $5,110 across 18 hospitalsMO$5,110Kentucky: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $2,427 across 11 hospitalsWV$2,427Virginia: median $11,768 across 14 hospitalsVA$11,768Maryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $1,968 across 14 hospitalsAZ$1,968New Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: median $3,560 across 11 hospitalsAR$3,560Tennessee: median $2,658 across 13 hospitalsTN$2,658North Carolina: median $1,645 across 10 hospitalsNC$1,645South Carolina: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,293 across 13 hospitalsOK$1,293Louisiana: median $7,494 across 14 hospitalsLA$7,494Mississippi: median $2,614 across 11 hospitalsMS$2,614Alabama: median $5,110 across 10 hospitalsAL$5,110Georgia: median $8,748 across 24 hospitalsGA$8,748Hawaii: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $7,413 across 42 hospitalsTX$7,413Florida: median $9,282 across 21 hospitalsFL$9,282
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $7,060. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA68$15,266+116%$8,562 – $17,041
Washington WA12$12,948+83%$1,632 – $15,378
Virginia VA14$11,768+67%$5,098 – $34,550
New York NY60$10,943+55%$3,569 – $21,735
New Jersey NJ42$10,235+45%$4,500 – $12,568
Pennsylvania PA42$9,312+32%$4,677 – $15,634
Florida FL21$9,282+31%$8,096 – $20,141
Georgia GA24$8,748+24%$2,050 – $11,843
Ohio OH47$8,590+22%$2,209 – $27,649
Massachusetts MA10$7,961+13%$2,849 – $9,174
Louisiana LA14$7,494+6%$2,384 – $17,723
Texas TX42$7,413+5%$3,409 – $19,279
Alabama AL10$5,110−28%$2,387 – $18,770
Missouri MO18$5,110−28%$1,158 – $27,996
Minnesota MN20$4,998−29%$3,594 – $5,414
Colorado CO11$4,778−32%$4,778 – $13,760
Wisconsin WI35$4,257−40%$3,544 – $9,227
Indiana IN31$4,176−41%$2,058 – $10,406
Arkansas AR11$3,560−50%$3,078 – $6,720
Illinois IL33$3,463−51%$1,597 – $12,726
Tennessee TN13$2,658−62%$873 – $11,777
Mississippi MS11$2,614−63%$1,616 – $6,944
West Virginia WV11$2,427−66%$1,441 – $10,920
Michigan MI40$2,380−66%$1,371 – $10,374
Oregon OR17$2,346−67%$1,272 – $7,089
Iowa IA20$2,195−69%$2,195 – $11,131
Arizona AZ14$1,968−72%$1,555 – $11,617
North Carolina NC10$1,645−77%$1,107 – $1,645
Oklahoma OK13$1,293−82%$1,293 – $18,853
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $7,060.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care695$8,170$2,202 – $17,041
Children’s12fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access92$3,463$1,565 – $6,390
Ownership
For-profit82$9,677$2,364 – $18,770
Government104$5,336$1,693 – $11,843
Non-profit613$7,060$2,195 – $16,020
System affiliation
Part of a system673$7,413$2,195 – $17,041
Independent131$4,568$1,827 – $13,173

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$11,545
Median cash price$7,060
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

478 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $6,313 and the average of the middle 60% is $6,379; most fall between $1,645 and $14,142.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 478 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$1,272$2,050$6,313$11,768$19,279

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,272 vs $19,279).

Of the 539 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 478 gave a usable cash price; 28 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 32 a list price only.

How complete is this

804 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (20%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 881 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted804
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here42
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded4
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded30
Hospitals that filed this code881

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Nephrotomy and nephrostomy family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Perq Nl/Pl Lithotrp Simple Up to 2 Cm 1 Location.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Kidney stone removal through the skin, stone up to 2 cm (CPT 50080) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-50080-kidney-stone-removal-through-the-skin-stone-up-to-2-cm