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Kidney Scope Through Drain Tract With Cautery

Nebraska 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?

$6,797

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,797 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $631 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,166 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$631$389 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,166$3,388 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $891 to $14,454Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $316 to $1,820
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,166professional $631

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
$2,187.76
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,290.87
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$24,547.09
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$5,888.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,258.93
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$14,125.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 7th of 50

$6,797

$631 physician + $6,166 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.