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Kidney removal (laparoscopic) in Washington: what insurers pay Posted commercial rates at 6 Washington hospitals, each next to its own Medicare base rate.
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CPT 50543 Hospital Median across insurers × Medicare Insurers File date Overlake Hospital Medical Center Bellevue $28,348 2.3× 5 2026-04-01 St Clare Hospital Lakewood $34,446 2.8× 5 2026-02-28 St Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $34,446 2.8× 5 2026-02-28 Swedish Medical Center Seattle $36,779 3.0× 5 2026-04-01 Tacoma General Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $42,074 3.4× 5 2026-08-27 Multicare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $45,322 3.6× 4 2026-08-27
MS-DRG 657 Hospital Median across insurers × Medicare Insurers File date Overlake Hospital Medical Center Bellevue $36,042 2.4× 6 2026-04-01 St Clare Hospital Lakewood $41,398 2.7× 6 2026-02-28 St Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $41,398 2.7× 6 2026-02-28 Multicare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $41,420 2.7× 6 2026-08-27 Tacoma General Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $41,420 2.7× 6 2026-08-27 Swedish Medical Center Seattle $51,873 3.4× 5 2026-04-01
MS-DRG 658 Hospital Median across insurers × Medicare Insurers File date Overlake Hospital Medical Center Bellevue $30,563 2.4× 6 2026-04-01 St Clare Hospital Lakewood $34,058 2.6× 6 2026-02-28 St Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $34,058 2.6× 6 2026-02-28 Multicare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $34,170 2.6× 6 2026-08-27 Tacoma General Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $34,170 2.6× 6 2026-08-27 Swedish Medical Center Seattle $42,676 3.3× 5 2026-04-01
MS-DRG 656 Hospital Median across insurers × Medicare Insurers File date Overlake Hospital Medical Center Bellevue $64,180 2.4× 6 2026-04-01 Tacoma General Allenmore Hospital Tacoma $71,324 2.7× 6 2026-08-27 Multicare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup $71,740 2.7× 6 2026-08-27 St Clare Hospital Lakewood $73,778 2.8× 6 2026-02-28 St Anthony Hospital Gig Harbor $73,778 2.8× 6 2026-02-28 Swedish Medical Center Seattle $92,444 3.5× 5 2026-04-01
Questions How much do insurers pay for kidney removal (laparoscopic) in Washington? 6 Washington hospitals post usable commercial rates for kidney removal (laparoscopic) in their federal price-transparency files. For CPT 50543, hospital outpatient, the median across 6 hospitals is $35,613 , 2.9× each hospital's local Medicare base rate. Your share depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance; the surgeon and anesthesia bill separately.
Techy Surgeon Price Atlas · commercial rates from hospital price-transparency files as of 2026-09-27. Commercial plans only; payer-specific dollar amounts for the exact code and setting (grade A); no professional-fee, percent-of-charges, per-diem, algorithm or unnamed-payer rows; no duplicate campus files; each rate between 0.5x (outpatient) or 0.6x (inpatient) and 8x the same hospital's local Medicare base rate. Median across each insurer's plans. Historical rates the hospitals themselves posted. Percentiles only where the comparison group has 5 or more hospitals. Market transparency, not pricing guidance. Medicare anchor = the same hospital's local Medicare base rate (OPPS or IPPS FY2026, wage-adjusted; inpatient anchors exclude teaching and safety-net add-ons). Rates are posted contract amounts, not what any patient paid. Method . Free to use; cite as Techy Surgeon Price Atlas (2026).