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Kidney Scope Through Drain Tract With Cautery

Idaho 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?

$3,785

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,785 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$550$447 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$708 to $11,220

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $479 to $20,893Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $437 to $955
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,236professional $550

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
$1,412.54
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$23,988.33
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$741.31
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,000.00
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$851.14
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15,848.93
Median
$20,892.96
Typical High
$30,199.52
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$707.95
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,791.08
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$812.83

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 19th of 50

$3,785

$550 physician + $3,236 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.