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Kidney Scope Through Drain Tract With Cautery

Kansas 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?

$3,712

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,712 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,162 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$550$417 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$1,349 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $550 to $8,128Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $389 to $741
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,162professional $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
$549.54
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$831.76
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$10,471.29
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$707.95

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 21st of 50

$3,712

$550 physician + $3,162 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.