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Kidney Scope Through Drain Tract With Cautery

Alaska rates for HCPCS 50557

Inspection of the inside of a kidney with a thin scope passed through a drainage tract that already runs from the skin into the kidney. Abnormal tissue is burned away or a narrowed area is cut open during the same session. Rinsing the collecting system, injecting dye for pictures, and taking a small tissue sample may be included.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Kidney Scope Through Drain Tract With Cautery cost?

$2,175

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,175 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,380 to the doctor who performs it, and $794 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,380$759 to $1,905
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$794$537 to $1,950

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $407 to $4,677Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $407 to $2,399
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $794professional $1,380

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
$1,174.90
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,202.26
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,344.23
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,884.03
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,344.23
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,344.23
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19,498.45
Median
$19,498.45
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 38.5 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 36th of 50

$2,175

$1,380 physician + $794 facility

IN $29,959WV $778

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.