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Kidney Scope Through Drain Tract With Cautery

New Hampshire 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?

$9,529

Typical total for the visit. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,529 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,913 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$617$479 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,913$1,738 to $10,471

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,913 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $11,749Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $355 to $1,047
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $8,913professional $617

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
$724.44
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$616.60
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$19,952.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,174.90
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$9,549.93
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where New Hampshire 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

New Hampshire· 6th of 50

$9,529

$617 physician + $8,913 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.