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Kidney Scope Through Drain Tract With Cautery

Indiana 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?

$29,959

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $29,959 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $29,512 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$447$380 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$29,512$3,802 to $42,658

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $29,512 · 10th to 90th $832 to $48,978Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $339 to $832
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $29,512professional $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
$380.19
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$549.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$35,481.34
Typical High
$52,480.75
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,023.29
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$6,456.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$14,125.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$741.31

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 1st of 50

$29,959

$447 physician + $29,512 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.