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Kidney Scope Through Drain Tract With Cautery

Florida 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?

$6,287

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,287 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,888 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$398$347 to $468
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,888$1,698 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $661 to $13,490Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $309 to $646
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $5,888professional $398

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
$602.56
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$549.54
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$11,220.18
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$812.83
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$23,442.29
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$562.34
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$831.76
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$457.09

Where Florida 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

Florida· 9th of 50

$6,287

$398 physician + $5,888 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.