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Kidney Scope Through Drain Tract With Cautery

North Carolina 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?

$1,513

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,513 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,023 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$490$407 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,023$537 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $372 to $7,762Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $339 to $1,175
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,023professional $490

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
$407.38
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$954.99
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$870.96
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19,498.45
Median
$28,183.83
Typical High
$28,183.83
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$6,165.95

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 45th of 50

$1,513

$490 physician + $1,023 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.