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Kidney Scope Through Drain Tract With Cautery

Colorado 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?

$11,928

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,928 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $11,482 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$447$407 to $562
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$11,482$3,236 to $25,704

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11,482 · 10th to 90th $575 to $44,668Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $347 to $832
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $11,482professional $447

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
$436.52
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,148.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15,848.93
Median
$25,703.96
Typical High
$58,884.37
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$812.83
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$831.76
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,513.56
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$933.25
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$954.99

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 4th of 50

$11,928

$447 physician + $11,482 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.