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Kidney Scope Through Drain Tract With Cautery

Massachusetts 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?

$1,843

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,843 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,318 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$525$372 to $851
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,318$437 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $389 to $5,129Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $347 to $1,175
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,318professional $525

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
$436.52
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,380.38
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$27,542.29
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,148.15
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$724.44
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,148.15
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$27,542.29
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 39th of 50

$1,843

$525 physician + $1,318 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.