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Kidney Scope Through Drain Tract With Cautery

North Dakota 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?

$1,139

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,139 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 to the doctor who performs it, and $398 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$741$501 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$398$347 to $417

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $398 · 10th to 90th $324 to $5,129Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $347 to $1,000
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $398professional $741

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
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 49th of 50

$1,139

$741 physician + $398 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.