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Procedure price report · Nephrectomy, partial or complete

Keyhole surgery to remove part of a kidney

CPT 50543the billing code this page is about

Through small abdominal incisions with a camera, the diseased portion of the kidney is cut away while the rest of the kidney is left in place.

Hospitals typically charge $7,545 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 522 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $9,148. Most fall between $2,803 and $22,565 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
522
States
47
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 23, 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 522 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
$2,227$3,326$7,545$18,612$38,332

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 17× what the cheapest tenth charges ($2,227 vs $38,332).

How the prices are spread

$1,663 – $2,333: 36 hospitals$1,663$2,333 – $3,273: 70 hospitals$3,273 – $4,593: 56 hospitals$3,273$4,593 – $6,445: 33 hospitals$6,445 – $9,043: 60 hospitals$6,445$9,043 – $12,689: 64 hospitals$12,689 – $17,805: 46 hospitals$12,689$17,805 – $24,983: 40 hospitals$24,983 – $35,055: 29 hospitals$24,983$35,055 – $49,189: 39 hospitals$35,055median $7,545price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (473 of 522 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$1,663$2,33336
$2,333$3,27370
$3,273$4,59356
$4,593$6,44533
$6,445$9,04360
$9,043$12,68964
$12,689$17,80546
$17,805$24,98340
$24,983$35,05529
$35,055$49,18939

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$10,860
Median cash price$7,545
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.69×

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 $7,545.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $3,109 across 10 hospitalsWA$3,109Idaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $8,484 across 15 hospitalsMN$8,484Illinois: median $3,762 across 19 hospitalsIL$3,762Wisconsin: median $6,944 across 24 hospitalsWI$6,944Michigan: median $2,803 across 36 hospitalsMI$2,803New York: median $12,320 across 53 hospitalsNY$12,320Massachusetts: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $4,787 across 16 hospitalsOR$4,787Nevada: 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 $3,762 across 22 hospitalsIA$3,762Indiana: median $2,058 across 13 hospitalsIN$2,058Ohio: median $11,178 across 22 hospitalsOH$11,178Pennsylvania: median $15,335 across 17 hospitalsPA$15,335New Jersey: median $11,378 across 30 hospitalsNJ$11,378Connecticut: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $19,609 across 49 hospitalsCA$19,609Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $26,282 across 11 hospitalsMO$26,282Kentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: median $8,209 across 10 hospitalsAR$8,209Tennessee: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $2,457 across 14 hospitalsOK$2,457Louisiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $9,363 across 26 hospitalsTX$9,363Florida: median $4,086 across 11 hospitalsFL$4,086
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $7,545. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Missouri MO11$26,282+248%$18,585 – $46,354
California CA49$19,609+160%$4,337 – $38,332
Pennsylvania PA17$15,335+103%$4,511 – $22,420
New York NY53$12,320+63%$2,478 – $13,784
New Jersey NJ30$11,378+51%$5,006 – $13,339
Ohio OH22$11,178+48%$5,907 – $54,003
Texas TX26$9,363+24%$9,363 – $10,625
Minnesota MN15$8,484+12%$4,318 – $8,484
Arkansas AR10$8,209+9%$3,583 – $12,613
Wisconsin WI24$6,944−8%$6,944 – $7,545
Oregon OR16$4,787−37%$2,706 – $4,997
Florida FL11$4,086−46%$4,086 – $7,127
Iowa IA22$3,762−50%$3,762 – $4,696
Illinois IL19$3,762−50%$1,663 – $96,961
Washington WA10$3,109−59%$2,706 – $23,760
Michigan MI36$2,803−63%$2,350 – $14,616
Oklahoma OK14$2,457−67%$2,457 – $19,414
Indiana IN13$2,058−73%$1,663 – $28,989
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not 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 $7,545.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care443$9,363$2,803 – $24,682
Children’s6fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access71$6,233$2,803 – $8,484
Ownership
For-profit43$11,526$1,922 – $30,416
Government70$4,155$2,633 – $12,320
Non-profit407$8,420$2,803 – $23,760
System affiliation
Part of a system419$9,363$2,803 – $23,760
Independent103$4,337$2,633 – $16,757

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$9,641
Median cash price$7,545
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

249 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $3,787 and the average of the middle 60% is $5,127; most fall between $2,289 and $16,342.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 249 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
$1,663$2,455$3,787$9,363$26,271

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 16× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,663 vs $26,271).

Of the 285 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 249 gave a usable cash price; 24 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 12 a list price only.

How complete is this

522 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (13%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 586 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted522
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here47
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded6
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded10
Hospitals that filed this code586

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 23, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Nephrectomy, partial or complete family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Laparoscopy Surg Partial Nephrectomy.

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, “Keyhole surgery to remove part of a kidney (CPT 50543) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-50543-keyhole-surgery-to-remove-part-of-a-kidney