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Kidney Scope Through Drain Tract With Cautery

Georgia 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?

$4,494

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,494 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $513 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,981 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$513$407 to $692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,981$1,445 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $661 to $12,589Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $347 to $977
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,981professional $513

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
$501.19
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$977.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$13,803.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$954.99
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$891.25

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 15th of 50

$4,494

$513 physician + $3,981 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.