Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
REMOVE KIDNEY STONE +2CM
San Diego, CA
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Sharp Memorial Hospital’s median price of $13.7k is 48% above the median hospital's median price ($9.2k), higher than 86% of the 1,816 hospitals reporting CPT 50081. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 3 payers, 7 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | Medicaid medi-cal fee schedule · outpatient | $1 | $1 | — | — | — | $1 – $1 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - prudent buyer percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $8.3k | $8.3k | — | — | — | $8.3k – $8.3k |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield - promise percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $11.6k | $11.6k | — | — | — | $11.6k – $11.6k |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - standard percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $13.2k | $13.2k | — | — | — | $13.2k – $13.2k |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield - promise percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $14.5k | $14.5k | — | — | — | $14.5k – $14.5k |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $15.6k | $15.6k | — | — | — | $15.6k – $15.6k |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare - ppo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $17.0k | $17.0k | — | — | — | $17.0k – $17.0k |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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