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Kidney Scope Through Drain Tract With Cautery

Arizona 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?

$3,245

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,245 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$427$372 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$1,660 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $513 to $5,888Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $331 to $1,175
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,818professional $427

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
$1,513.56
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$8,709.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$812.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$3,801.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$741.31

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 26th of 50

$3,245

$427 physician + $2,818 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.