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Kidney Scope Through Existing Tract, With Ureter Catheter

Virginia rates for HCPCS 50553

A scope is passed through a drainage tract that already runs through the skin into the kidney, so the inside of the kidney's collecting system can be inspected. A fine tube is then guided down into the ureter, the tube that carries urine to the bladder, and the ureter may be gently stretched open in the process. No new incision into the kidney is made.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Kidney Scope Through Existing Tract, With Ureter Catheter cost?

$1,950

Typical facility fee. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,950 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $437 to $5,370.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $355 to $8,710Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $316 to $1,230
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,950professional $537

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,079.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$9,332.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,318.26
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$794.33
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$13,489.63

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 33.9 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Virginia· 32nd of 50

$1,950

IN $12,303WV $363

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.