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Kidney Scope Through Drain Tract With Cautery

Louisiana 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?

$2,545

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,545 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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$427 to $646
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$933 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $513 to $7,943Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $339 to $724
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,995professional $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
$501.19
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$19,054.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$691.83
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$776.25

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 32nd of 50

$2,545

$550 physician + $1,995 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.