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Kidney Scope Through Drain Tract With Cautery

Iowa 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?

$4,247

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,247 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,631 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$617$479 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$1,148 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $617 to $13,490Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $355 to $1,995
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,631professional $617

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
$616.60
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,230.27
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$22,908.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,570.40
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,148.15
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,174.90
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 16th of 50

$4,247

$617 physician + $3,631 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.