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Kidney Scope Through Drain Tract With Cautery

Montana 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?

$1,369

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,369 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $661 to the doctor who performs it, and $708 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$661$562 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$708$589 to $724

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $575 to $813Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,820
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $708professional $661

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$691.83
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$776.25
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$776.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$831.76
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where Montana 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

Montana· 47th of 50

$1,369

$661 physician + $708 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.