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Kidney Scope Through Drain Tract With Cautery

Missouri 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?

$2,384

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,384 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,905 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$479$389 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,905$1,122 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $479 to $5,623Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $347 to $912
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,905professional $479

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
$389.05
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,698.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$870.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$912.01

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 35th of 50

$2,384

$479 physician + $1,905 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.