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Kidney Scope Through Drain Tract With Cautery

Illinois 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?

$1,827

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,827 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,380 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$447$363 to $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,380$794 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $427 to $8,318Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $347 to $1,023
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,380professional $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
$426.58
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$5,370.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$16,218.10
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$812.83
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,698.24
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$575.44
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$912.01

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 40th of 50

$1,827

$447 physician + $1,380 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.