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Kidney Scope Through Existing Tract, With Ureter Catheter

Washington 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?

$871

Typical facility fee. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $871 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $676 to $6,457.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $490 to $17,378
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $871

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$13,489.63
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$16,218.10
Typical High
$28,183.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,025.60
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$6,606.93
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$776.25
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$524.81
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$28,183.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$30,902.95

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 41st of 50

$871

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.