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
NEPHROTOMY W/EXPLORATION
Cedar Rapids, IA
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St Luke's Methodist Hospital’s median price of $1.8k is 45% below the median hospital's median price ($3.3k), higher than 32% of the 1,197 hospitals reporting CPT 50045. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 6 payers, 13 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 | Aetna medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $844 | $844 | — | — | — | $844 – $844 |
| 2 | Molina medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $861 | $861 | — | — | — | $861 – $861 |
| 3 | Wellmark medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $861 | $861 | — | — | — | $861 – $861 |
| 4 | Humana medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $886 | $886 | — | — | — | $886 – $886 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $886 | $886 | — | — | — | $886 – $886 |
| 6 | Wellmark commercial fee schedule · both | $1.8k | $1.8k | — | — | — | $1.8k – $1.8k |
| 7 | Wellmark hmo fee schedule · both | $1.8k | $1.8k | — | — | — | $1.8k – $1.8k |
| 8 | Aetna hmo fee schedule · both | $2.1k | $2.1k | — | — | — | $2.1k – $2.1k |
| 9 | Wellmark ppo fee schedule · both | $2.1k | $2.1k | — | — | — | $2.1k – $2.1k |
| 10 | Cigna commercial fee schedule · both | $2.2k | $2.2k | — | — | — | $2.2k – $2.2k |
| 11 | Aetna ppo fee schedule · both | $2.5k | $2.5k | — | — | — | $2.5k – $2.5k |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare hmo fee schedule · both | $2.9k | $2.9k | — | — | — | $2.9k – $2.9k |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare ppo fee schedule · both | $2.9k | $2.9k | — | — | — | $2.9k – $2.9k |
Last updated: Jan 28, 2026
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