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Kidney Scope Through Drain Tract With Cautery

Minnesota 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?

$2,569

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,569 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,698 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$871$631 to $1,230
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$1,000 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $398 to $27,542Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $479 to $1,514
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $1,698professional $871

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
$323.59
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$41,686.94
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,819.70
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,235.94
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$7,762.47
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$24,547.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,513.56

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 31st of 50

$2,569

$871 physician + $1,698 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.